"Should a Quittr user consider watching porn, they can click on the app's most used feature, a big red panic button that immediately triggers their phone's front-facing camera and prompts pleas like 'What's your excuse this time?' and 'You're going to regret it like you always do.' Since its launch in August 2024, the app, which also includes the option to block NSFW websites and apps, has been downloaded 1.5 million times, according to Slater, and brings in more than $500,000 per month."
"Like many guys who grew up online, Slater's crusade is motivated not by religion but by the modern preachers of YouTube, manosphere and manosphere-adjacent gods like Chris Williamson, Scott Galloway, Hamza Ahmed, Iman Gadzhi, and the Andrews (both Tate and Huberman), who believe porn addiction is a huge problem for Gen-Z men. They think porn is one of the reasons zoomers socialize and date less."
"At age 20, he has visions for a society ruled by entrepreneurs like himself, one where people are wealthy, healthy, and free from vice. Someday, he wants to be prime minister, to 'American-ify' London, and to 'transform [the U.K.] to its former glory.' He's starting with porn."
Alex Slater, a 20-year-old entrepreneur, founded Quittr, an app designed to combat pornography addiction through shame-based motivation. The app features a red panic button that activates the phone's front-facing camera and displays guilt-inducing messages when users are tempted. Quittr also blocks NSFW websites and apps. Developed in just ten days with minimal startup costs of $3,000, the app has achieved significant commercial success with 1.5 million downloads and monthly revenue exceeding $500,000. Slater's vision extends beyond the app to broader societal transformation, aspiring to become prime minister and reshape British culture. His crusade reflects broader manosphere ideology that views pornography as detrimental to Gen-Z men's social development and dating habits.
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