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Useless $1000 iPhone app disappears - did Apple remove it?
It looks like Apple has removed one of the most talked-about iPhone apps in its app store. The app doesn't do chat, it doesn't connect you to any web services, and it doesn't even let you enter any text. It's called I Am Rich, and it does absolutely nothing. The price tag? A reasonable $999.99. Apparently having its red gem icon on your iPhone's home screen is supposed to bring you a grand worth of prestige. When this app was first discovered, there was an immediate flurry of folks wondering how it got past Apple's screening process. Although I can't find any comment from Apple, and the app's creator hasn't updated his website, the app store link to I Am Rich no longer works. I wonder whether the author made any sales before it was removed. At around $100 to develop, a single sale would leave him with 10 times what he put in.
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Subscribe to commentsPennypackerAug 7th 2008 9:20AM
He sure sold one: http://gizmodo.com/5034122/guy-buys-999-im-rich-app-discovers-hes-just-dumb
Nat TurnerAug 8th 2008 10:07AM
What a tool. He and his friends laughed at the developer. Looks like the developer got the last laugh. That's the funniest story I've heard in a while.
Nat TurnerAug 8th 2008 10:57AM
Turns out, he's not alone...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/08/iphone-i-am-ric.html
chrisarozAug 7th 2008 9:27AM
Listen, we all know that before this app was removed Jobs bought this for his phone... twice.
Danny F.Aug 7th 2008 9:55AM
Nice to know Apple is on the ball with screening these apps....... -_-
So decent and note worthy authors got shafted when trying to get accepted back then, and somehow this guy gets accepted and gets away with a $1,000 app that does nothing? Thats alil too crazy apple.
At least they noticed it and hopefully pulled his license to publish an app ever again.
robotrockAug 7th 2008 10:15AM
How on earth can this trash and the literally hundreds of other utterly useless apps make it through while there are hundreds of devs with USEFUL applications struggling to make it through?
Apple is really fucking this all up. How many "cowbell" apps do we need?
kojo87Aug 7th 2008 12:53PM
im surprised Apple didn't make it themselves.
RenRenAug 7th 2008 6:35PM
Why remove it? People sell shiny rocks for $5K. Why can't we have the market dynamics of jewelery in digital art form? It's definitely much better than blood diamonds.