I got tired of "family" apps being ad-funded surveillance, so I spent 6 months building the opposite (solo)
Full disclosure: I built this, so remove if it breaks rules. My state's AG (Massachusetts) is suing Meta right now for designing Instagram to addict kids — infinite scroll, autoplay, slot-machine rewards. I couldn't build another one of those. So I made Kithly: chronological feed that ends, zero ads at any age, nothing sold to brokers, and safety as the architecture (SOS, screen-time, consent-based location that's a single point in time, not tracking).
Biggest open question I'd love this sub's take on: is "the family as the network" a strong enough wedge to beat the cold-start problem? Roast it: [link in comments]
u/jkagidesignsllc — 2 days ago