Alarm App Demands You Watch Advertisement to Hit "Snooze" Button

When it comes to life in the age of global capitalism, there's probably no better symbol for the worker's burden than the dreaded alarm clock. Although the snooze button offers temporary escape, its betrayal is inevitable, leaving many a weary worker to spam that thing like there's no tomorrow. That cruel button is the driving force behind Alarmy, a cheery South Korean startup with a mission to "make people's morning successful." Alarmy is one of the top alarm clock apps on both the Apple and Android app stores, logging tens of millions of downloads on both. Though Alarmy bills itself as an all-day wellness app, its main draw is its wakeup function, a dastardly — if helpful, for some — bit of software that makes you finish a task in order to turn the alarm off. Alarmy's wake-up errands range from memory games to squat challenges to dreary-eyed math quizzes. It also includes ads, as some drowsy Redditors discovered after popups ads hijacked their snooze bar. "That will be the last t ... Read full article.