Since yesterday, anyone can download from Google Play or Apple AppStore an application developed by former employees of WhatsApp. The application itself resembles a messenger - in many ways it is intended for individual and group chats with people, but only those that the user actually knows.
The only way to find someone on the HalloApp network is to find out their phone number. The chats have end-to-end encryption, and the social network has no ads at all.
Хоча багато команд неодноразово і без успіху намагалися запустити інструменти соціальних мереж для близьких друзів, співзасновники HalloApp Нірадж Арора та Майкл Донох’ю мають певні шанси на успіх.
Firstly, the fact of their work in WhatsApp before and after the acquisition of the Facebook messenger is already attracting attention, secondly, Arora was one of the top managers of WhatsApp until 2018 and one of the key figures in the discussion of the deal with Facebook, and Donoghue was nine for a year as director of engineering until he left Facebook in 2019.
HalloApp розділений на чотири основні розділи – стрічку з повідомленнями друзів, групові чати, індивідуальні чати та налаштування. Все має мінімалістичний дизайн, немає алгоритмів сортування публікацій чи групових чатів.
Former WhatsApp employees launch ad-free social network HalloApp
"Imagine if your online friends were your real friends. Your feed isn't filled with people and posts you didn't care about," says Arora. “Imagine scrolling through the highlights and seeing what you wanted to see, not what the algorithm wanted you to see. Imagine if the network doesn't treat you like a product."
Although in message there is no mention of Facebook, it is no secret that at one time the two co-founders of the WhatsApp messenger, Ian Kum and Brian Acton, left Facebook, disagreeing with plans to monetize the program with advertising.
The founders of HalloApp also intend to organize a subscription for the use of some HalloApp services.
The firm says it doesn't collect any "additional data" from your phone book. In fact, the platform claims that it does not collect, store or use any personal information.
No (ads, bots, likes, trolls, followers, algorithms, influencers, photo filters, misinformation spreading like wildfire).
Our vision for HalloApp is to create a simple, safe, private place where people can connect and share what matters, with the people who matter most.
