Kudos to the app's creator. Looking at the app review dates, it looks like the idea predated the one I posted on HN four months ago:<p>> Sounds like a start-up idea...<p>> "Don't have time to sit and read a novel during your busy schedule? Subscribe to receive carefully-curated and abridged novels via SMS. We will space out the texts during your busy day so you have the time slowly digest and experience the same novels your friends are talking about at the coffee shop, but on your own schedule."<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31054389" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31054389</a>
I wanted to check out the app and found it hilarious that I had to go through a rabbit hole of links to other articles about the app to actually get to a direct link to the app. lithub --> mentalfloss --> WaPo --> AppStore<p>Any idea why articles do this--is it for engagement or SEO?
Oh yes, I was using this for a while to read an old serial, it's really great but I found I simply don't like reading on my phone, even small bits at a time. If they could pop a new chapter into my e-reader every once in a while that would be phenomenal.
They're public domain books and the app is free.<p>Why the fuck does this spyware app need to upload your usage data about when and where and what you read? What is wrong with people?