While 2020 was all about social detachment and staying at home, there was a controversial app promoting secret private parties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, the iOS app was removed from the App Store this week.
“Vybe Together” was launched recently as a new way to allow people to promote secret parties that shouldn’t happen during the pandemic. ”Start your rebel. Make your party, ”said the application’s website – which was also taken down.
The idea of the application was to offer a platform where users could organize underground parties and promote them to anyone who wanted to participate. Those approved for the party received the address two hours before the event.
As reported by The Verge, the app was suddenly removed from the App Store and its official TikTok account was also banned. In some regions, having a party with a reasonable number of people is considered illegal due to the current circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic – so it is not clear why Apple approved the app in the first place.
The Verge was able to speak with Albin, one of the co-founders of Vybe Together. Albin said the app had a few thousand users and that interest in the app grew after some demo videos were shared on TikTok. To gain access to the app, users needed to share their Instagram profiles to prove that they were not someone spying on events to report them.
It is not clear whether the app has contributed largely to unauthorized events since it was launched. According to the report, the Vybe Together app had only 25 reviews on the App Store before it was removed, while its Instagram account had about 1,000 followers. Vybe Together’s Instagram profile was also banned today, so it looks like the app is gone forever.
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