I think there is a 0% chance that the creator is actually a partier who needed this and so he built it.
In the app world we initially thought more everything was better. When apps that took things away (twitter took away characters, snap chat took away permanence) showed up, we realized that sometimes less creates a better social situation.
I love the sentimental value of photography but dislike it's massively redistributable nature. Consider for example this app for... sexual pictures taken with a lover.
(Emphasis mine)
lolwut?
Good thing there's no way for someone to trace my phone number back to me.
Just wondering about the setup.
Alternatively, the discussion below seems to point out that screenshot blocking is ineffective. If all devices are in the same room, a swift punch to the mouth and taking someone else's device could remove that possibility.
It cuts both ways.
This assumes that you are aware that the screenshot was taken.
I'd also love to know what the triggers are for people to use this app.
Also hangover... the name entails a totally different kind of application.
Good luck! If i were you I would take time to talk with your target market to validate your idea.
I still don't see the point...Hangover only works when you 1. go to the same place with 2. the same people, and 3.you want to lock content with those people
I ask how often does this use case occur?
What do you think ionforce?
Though, is it even possible to delete camera roll items for 3rd-party apps?
Edit: Ah, they just notify, not prevent, much like Snapchat:
> They cannot save it to their camera roll; and you will be notified if they ever take screenshots.
Edit 2: The old trick Snapchat used doesn't work since iOS 7. Instead, it hooks a newly-added notification that a screenshot was taken.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
But I definitely had a laugh about someone holding a crazy 5-phone contraption just to copy images.
Joe takes a picture. I want to see it. But, oops, Billy isn't here to complete the nuclear launch procedure. So I turn to Joe and say "hey, text me that funny picture of Billy." What happens next?
My impression was: group of friends are in vegas having a "Hangover (the movie)" style night and agree to only take photos with this app. That way, come the morning they can all review them, but only when they're all together.
Obviously, if they take photos with their normal camera, or if all apps have to save photos to the filesystem and can be seen by the built in photogallery app, this doesn't work. Maybe the app uploads them to the Hangover site and then automatically deletes them from the phone?
Guerilla Mail for one.
Rather than spending 18 months building and 'perfecting' and idea in private then releasing it to real people, doesn't it seem more efficient to Throw 10 ideas/'micro mvps' at the wall and see what sticks? Seems fairly solid to me.
As the saying goes, "there's a reason you have two ears but only one mouth."
I know sometimes I want to respond to something, but know that my response does not contribute anything useful, and so I wish I could respond in a way that would only be shown if someone opted in to seeing messages self-described as useless.