BreakupText: a relationship-ending app?

Victor Barreiro Jr.

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Would you use an app to end a relationship? A humorous app hopes to never be used for that purpose.

BEGIN THE END. Would you really end a relationship with a randomized text message from an app? Hopefully not, but an app does exist for that purpose. Screen shots from BreakupText

MANILA, Philippines – With technology slowly changing how people make friends, find partners, and maintain relationships, is it surprising to hear of an app that will also end a relationship for you? It shouldn’t: there’s already an app for that.

For 99 cents, BreakupText will take care to make the most awkward part of ending a relationship even more cringeworthy. After 5 seconds of going through the app’s options, it will offer to send a full text message to the person a user wants to break up with, dramatic backstory included.

Created by Jake Levine and Lauren Leto, the iPhone app was intended for humorous purposes. In an interview with Fast Company, Levine explained that “As much as we did it as a joke, it has sort of captured a moment in time when tech is becoming more pervasive in our lives and relationships.”

Levine also acknowledges the scary possibility that some people may actually take the app seriously. Instead of laughing at the absurdity of an app made for ending relationships, they may legitimately end a relationship with a BreakupText creation.

Users can try a free web version or visit the appropriate App Store link to purchase the BreakupText app. – Rappler.com

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Victor Barreiro Jr.

Victor Barreiro Jr is part of Rappler's Central Desk. An avid patron of role-playing games and science fiction and fantasy shows, he also yearns to do good in the world, and hopes his work with Rappler helps to increase the good that's out there.