Nothing says modern loneliness like an app that just asks: you still alive? 😬
According to the article, China’s viral Are You Dead? pings an emergency contact after TWO missed daily check-ins, with one-person households projected to hit 200M by 2030. Beijing pulled it last month—what name do you even rebrand that to?

China's Hottest App of 2026 Just Asks If You're Still Alive - Slashdot
A bare-bones Chinese app called "Are You Dead?" -- whose entire premise is that solo-living users tap daily to confirm they're still alive, triggering an alert to an emergency contact after two missed check-ins -- has rocketed to the top of China's app store charts and gone viral globally without sp...



