The earthquake early warning app was exposed to an annual fee of 10 yuan, and the response said that it was only available on the Apple system
An app "Earthquake Warning" developed by the Chengdu High-tech Disaster Reduction Research Institute has recently been questioned by netizens because it charges users a service fee of 10 yuan/year.
In this regard, Chengdu High-tech Disaster Reduction Institute responded to the surging news that the current Android system is not charged, and the charge is the Apple system, "It does cost to download it in the Apple App Store, and we have reached a relevant agreement with Apple."
According to the "Earthquake Warning" App, the software can give early warnings in advance from a few seconds to tens of seconds in advance when an earthquake occurs, and can upload risk avoidance feedback, collect disaster information after the disaster, and understand earthquake science. The app currently has 6.09 million downloads on Android.
The "Earthquake Early Warning" app was developed by the Chengdu Institute of High-tech Disaster Reduction. According to public information, Chengdu High-tech Disaster Reduction Institute was established after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, founded by Dr. Wang Jun, rooted in Chengdu and Sichuan Province, focusing on the research and development of disaster early warning technology, achievement transformation and application.
According to the exposure of netizens, the information on the charging interface of the App shows that members can enjoy priority warning and countdown alarm, "The membership fee paid will be used to support the research, research and development and service of earthquake early warning, multi-disaster early warning, and earthquake forecasting." In this regard, some netizens questioned whether earthquake early warning is a public service and whether the information charge is reasonable.
In response to the questions of netizens, The Paper contacted the Chengdu High-tech Disaster Reduction Institute on the 3rd. Relevant personnel said that the current charge is limited to the Apple system. "We were the first to develop Android, and then we developed Apple. The charge is due to an agreement we have with Apple. ”
According to Jimu News, on the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Taiwan in the early morning of the 3rd, Wang Jun, a professor at Sichuan University and director of the Chengdu High-tech Disaster Reduction Institute, reminded in an interview with reporters that everyone should turn on the earthquake warning function of their mobile phones as much as possible in life and respond in a timely manner.