New App Revolutionizes Happiness By Charging Users Every Time They Feel Something
Silicon Valley announced a major breakthrough in emotional technology this week with the launch of HappyUp , a new app that allows users to increase their happiness by pressing a button and sending a small fee directly to the app’s creator. The app’s interface is refreshingly simple. Users are shown a large button labeled “Increase Happiness” . Each tap charges 99 cents and raises the user’s happiness score by one point. According to HappyUp founder Brayden Flux, the app solves one of humanity’s oldest problems. “People have spent thousands of years searching for happiness through family, purpose, faith, community, exercise, art, and self-reflection,” Flux said. “We thought, what if instead they just clicked a button?” Early users say the app is already changing their lives. “I started the morning at 42 happiness,” said beta tester Melissa Brant. “After spending $18.81, I was up to 61. I didn’t actually feel better, but my score was higher, and honestly that’s what matters now.” ...