Inject 2 is an app that lets you do various effects with a spectator’s phone. Its been having a bunch of issues since December of 2024. I don’t have the app largely because I don’t really trust myself not to drop a spectator’s phone and be left with a repair bill. I’ve never really leaned into the borrowed aspect of magic. I don’t like touching other people’s stuff.
Apps and software are fairly new in the grand scheme of things and its pretty interesting to hear all the discussion surrounding longevity. No one expects an apple to last years but you’d be upset if your brand new car rusts in a week. There’s a lot of debate about the ethics of preserving digital data and how much work companies should be required to do. The Stop Killing Games movement was started around August last year. Games are increasingly becoming online only and when the game developer shuts down the server, people will no longer be able to play. This also relates to important questions over software ownership which is another huge contentious topic.
Inject 2 is a single purchase option but its very likely that future magic apps will be subscription based. How restrictive those licenses are remains to be seen. Fortunately, there’s a lot of magic out there in the public domain we can always fall back on.