An iPhone application, costing down-loaders $999.99, has recently vanished from the Apple App Store, reports the L.A. Times Blog.
While Apple requires first hand approval before any program will be added to the App Store, some useless applications have scathed through the screening process. The most recent example would be the now defunct application, I Am Rich. I Am Rich cost users a whopping $999.99 and before Apple could yank it from it’s site, 8 people across the globe (too rich for their own good) had already plunked down the cold, hard cash. Six of them hale from the U.S., one from Germany, and one from France…The developer, Armin Heinrick, claims all purchased the program within the first 24 hours it was available.
Personally for me, an application costing nearly $1,000.00 would have to be capable of miraculous things. Examples include the ability to bring me coffee in the morning, council me after a bad day at work, or whip up a five course meal. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Apparently, I Am Rich merely treats users to a large, glowing gem…On their screen…Not a real one….For one thousand dollars!
Thankfully, Apple removed the application from its site, presumably after a slew of user complaints. In fact, a screen shot of an App Store review has made its way around the web, touting a users complaint and a play-by-play of accidentally purchasing the program, thinking it was all a hoax: “I saw this app with a few friends and we jokingly clicked “buy” thinking it was a joke, to see what would happen…THIS IS NO JOKE…DO NOT BUY THIS APP AND APPLE PLEASE REMOVE THIS FROM THE APP STORE.”
According to common math, $1000 paid by eight people…? That comes out to $5,600 in revenue for Heinrich and $2,400 for Apple (who collects 30% of each sale for store upkeep and maintenance.) According to the the L.A. Times though, Heinrich has yet to see one dime from Apple whose policy is to pay-off developers at the end of each month. Questions still remain as to how the app’s removal from the store will effect the payment process.
2 Comments to “Eight Idiots Actually Bought That $1000 iPhone App”
too bad tech-heads know nothing about art. the app is a fabulous art idea, worth way more than the thousand bucks. headlines like yours mostly advertise your limitation as a member of the culture we live in.
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OMG ! I had to read your comment twice.
ART ?!?!?! Are you for real?
This is a fucking joke ! HAHAHAHAHAHAH
Art ?!?! Wow.
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