This story is from May 17, 2017
Apple has reportedly reversed the ban on this mindfulness app from the app store
On Tuesday, Thrive Global reported on how the
Ramsay Brown, cofounder of the app’s development studio, Dopamine Labs, told us that an App Store Review rep told him that “any app designed to help people use their phones less is unacceptable for distribution in the App Store.”
That’s apparently changed. Brown says that on Tuesday, Apple told him that the company will allow
The way Space works is pretty straight forward. Upon signing up, you get a replacement icon for your social media platform of choice. Mine is Twitter, and instead of a solid blue bird, the icon is a spacey bird silhouette.
Upon opening the app, it asks me to breathe for 10 seconds or so. The idea is that if you’re mindlessly checking the app, the breathing prompt will lead you to invest your attention elsewhere so that you only really use the app if you consciously decide to.
“As someone who cares about what technology does to people’s minds, I have to be optimistic that Apple is taking steps toward responsible persuasive computing,” or recognizing the power software has over people’s minds, Brown says.
This post originally appeared on ThriveGlobal.com
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Space was banned from theApp Store
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That’s apparently changed. Brown says that on Tuesday, Apple told him that the company will allow
Space
into the App Store — it’s slated to be there at the end of the month. Apple’s reported turnaround comes after Sunday’s 60 Minutes, where Dopamine Labs was featured as one of several thought leaders in the movement for ethical software design, calledTime Well Spent
. (Thrive has reached out to Apple for comment.)The way Space works is pretty straight forward. Upon signing up, you get a replacement icon for your social media platform of choice. Mine is Twitter, and instead of a solid blue bird, the icon is a spacey bird silhouette.
Upon opening the app, it asks me to breathe for 10 seconds or so. The idea is that if you’re mindlessly checking the app, the breathing prompt will lead you to invest your attention elsewhere so that you only really use the app if you consciously decide to.
“As someone who cares about what technology does to people’s minds, I have to be optimistic that Apple is taking steps toward responsible persuasive computing,” or recognizing the power software has over people’s minds, Brown says.
This post originally appeared on ThriveGlobal.com
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