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Vic couldn't pinpoint the exact point that the Stronger Every Day app appeared on his phone but he made no conscious effort to delete it when he saw that all he needed to do was open it up and press the "I Worked Out" button once per day. It didn't matter that he hadn't actually been to the gym in months, how was the app supposed to know? All it did was give him a few messages of encouragement in reward for pushing the button but it was enough to put Vic in a good mood for the rest of the day.

After weeks of continuously using the app, feeling strangely compelled to open it up shortly before retiring to bed, Vic began to notice some physical changes on top of the positive emotional boosts he had felt. His body seemed firmer in a number of places - chest, arms, thighs... While he was reluctant to presume that the physical improvements were the result of using an app, neither his diet nor his (lack of) exercise routine had changed so it had to be something. 

Little did Vic know that technology had advanced particularly quickly and the changes he was experiencing were indeed because of his participation in the Stronger Every Day app's creed. The app's creators had put a lot of time and work to give extra rewards to those who continually pushed their limits and worked to get a body they could be proud of.

Unfortunately for Vic, the creators were also aware of some users attempting to cheat the system and gain the rewards without putting the work in. In order to combat these cheaters, a new system was introduced that would still grant those users the physical benefits of using the app but at a cost - namely their intelligence and independence. 

Like so many before him, Vic was caught in the trap. Eventually he did start hitting the gym - more to show off his muscular body than to actually put any work in - but by then it was too late. His self-control had been all but removed, replaced with the new purpose given to him by the app. His goal was to expand the reach of Stronger Every Day, promoting it to other gym-goers and even installing it on people's phones when their backs were turned. It was what had happened to him, after all.

Now a proud promoter of Stronger Every Day, Vic was more than happy to advertise himself as one of the app's many success stories, completely unaware that his freedom had been stripped of him. Hopefully others wouldn't be as foolish as he had been, or they would most certainly fall into the same trap...