There's now an app for listing locations, POE, everything... this can't be good.

https://forgottenapp.com/

It looks like the app has mainly locations in California and has a little over 1000+ downloads (on Android, at least, can't tell on the Apple app store) int the 15 months it's been available, so it really hasn't blown up. However, DIY Photography did a piece on it today, so that might be more exposure than the app has ever had till now.

https://www.diypho...ons-to-photograph/

Thoughts?

I don't see this picking up.

D:

Dear goodness. How lame.
It reminds me of that Portlandia skit... But instead of putting a bird on things the trend is "Make an app out of it!". Maybe this app will turn out the way the skit does.

I can't imagine any serious explorer would post on this app. Selling locations is lazy and publicizes them for any scrapper or vandal to find.

That's not to say I won't be combing through the free locations to record all the ones in my area, because I'd be a fool to turn down information, no matter the source. But I'd never pay for a location. It's a useless waste of money, and only accelerates their destruction by increasing publicity and encouraging this kind of behavior.

I can benefit from the idiotic decisions of other people while still discouraging them.

Can users submit sites to the app? I have a few very good ones that nobody but myself could verify.

Why would anyone purchase any of these locations? They give enough info that a 5 minute google search with find it. There's one location in my province, the guy wants $5 for it, but has its exact location on the map and names it. It's also a very well known spot.

I too am questioning why they think someone would pay for these? I scrolled far enough to see someone posting $10 for a location that has numerous articles written on it and is a known hangout

Well, here's my 2¢
Good luck and godspeed; it's your money, but it sounds like snake oil to me.
-"Here's a few ideas as to why it should
work...and several logical reasons as to how it might end up more trouble than it's worth."
- Rather sounds like taking a paid tour, but without the relative safety of a controlled environment that's been made safe(r) and legal for the general public.
- "Are you sick of, or having a hard time dealing with the mild to moderate inconvenience of having to find your own explores (which doesn't really involve money)? We'll do all that! For a fee! The risks are the same either way, right?"
I'm sure there's something I'm leaving out (for or against); reading one article doesn't make me an expert...and I'm not trying to be demeaning to anyone, just one man's opinion.
For me, if I want to pay to see a bando, I'll take a tour. True explorers tend to be a tight community (it seems to me). Sharing locations in a way that preserves them is about trust. Establishing trust is hard, as it should be. This app makes it too easy, or to seem easy.
Just seems like when I see something like this, I hear Lyle Lanley singing his monorail pitch song on "The Simpsons".

good lord, this is insane. people are charging money for this shit?

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Wow, I hope this dies fast. It's always disappointing to see people try to monetize this hobby while actively destroying it in the process, especially when exploring serves as an escape from the commercialized world for so many. I can't think of a way to ruin locations more efficiently than to put them all on an app and give/sell them to any idiot with a phone. This app would absolutely make my day if I was a scrapper. I can't wait until this schmuck gets his full membership and uploads the whole database...

Posted by NotQuiteHuman I can't think of a way to ruin locations more efficiently than to put them all on an app and give/sell them to any idiot with a phone. This app would absolutely make my day if I was a scrapper.

Turning urbex into a commodity will never end well.

All of the locations in the state of Texas are google level. The issue is, having it all in one place makes it so easy for vandals, scrappers, and taggers to find what they need. It baffles me that this is in any way successful.

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Sometimes just a scrap of information can...

be a whole lot of fun.

I really don't like this. I feel like it will end up with a lot of places getting vandalized, destroyed and robbed