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US$999.99 iPhone App 'I Am Rich' Probably Only Applies to Developer
Posted by Kit Eaton at 7:07 PM on August 6, 2008
You must've seen at least one book titled something like "This book will teach you how to earn US$1 million." Now, picture an iPhone application that has just two functions: a red jewel icon that "always reminds you (and others when you show it to them) that you were able to afford this," and, after pressing the "(i)", a secret mantra that "may help to you stay rich, healthy and successful." It costs US$999.99. See where I'm going with this? I've got a better mantra that'll help you stay rich and healthy (by avoiding accidental spending-induced heart-attacks.) "Make sure you keep iTunes asking for your permission to buy apps before purchasing, or clicking on this app link may make you very, very sad indeed." [Product page]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Danny
Posted August 7, 2008 9:10 AM
My little brother actually thought it would be funny to download a $999 application. It was for some development program. I didn't have my password on but luckily my credit card rejected it.... Let that be a lession. Imagine spending a grand with the click of a button by accident. I wonder if there is anyway you can get that money back???
Bloomy
Posted August 8, 2008 1:30 PM
Shoppers have certain rights by law in Australia. Here is the info directly from the NSw Office of Fair Trading....
Implied (or statutory) warranty, give you the following basic rights. The goods you purchase must:
- be and remain free of debt, charges or mortgages, ie. ‘clear title’, unless they are disclosed or known to you before you agree to buy the goods
-be of ‘merchantable quality’ ie. meet the basic level of quality and performance expected, considering their description, price and other relevant circumstances. Goods that have a fault should be labelled as seconds or damaged stock
- be fit for a particular purpose if you have made a specific purpose known to the seller and have relied on the seller’s skill or judgement
-match any description or sample (eg. if the package displays a picture or describes the contents, the contents must match that description).
Any problems under an implied warranty can be dealt with by the seller. Do not be misled by the seller into thinking you must only deal with the manufacturer.
----------------------end of Fair Trading info---------
That last bit is the best!! This means that Apple (in this case the seller) is responsible for handling/resolving the issue, not the person that developed the software.
Regards
Bloomy
Ginsella
Posted October 26, 2008 11:59 AM
@Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen
Is there a reason that you decided to name yourself after a character in a children's animated television show?
Badmofo
Posted 7:52 PM 6/8/08
*to hack up etc. Edit button please.
Badmofo
Badmofo
Posted 7:51 PM 6/8/08
Just give me an hour or so, the hack up a free version.
Badmofo
michaelleung
Posted 7:38 PM 6/8/08
I'm sure the secret advice you get when you tap the "i" reads something like, "Sucker! You paid $999.99 for an app that does nothing!"
michaelleung
daducttapeartist
Posted 7:37 PM 6/8/08
I'd like to know how many times someone buys this app.
daducttapeartist
aussie
Posted 7:33 PM 6/8/08
I'm going to work on a mid-price version for 499.99, blue, green, any ideas?
aussie
Gilbert
Posted 8:31 PM 6/8/08
@michaelleung: Or it could say something to the effect of, "The secret begins with not purchasing garbage like this, you dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb shit."
Gilbert
Miranda Kali
Posted 8:54 PM 6/8/08
It's good to know that Apple is hard at work, making sure only quality apps show up on the store.
I have piece of mind knowing that this app has no malware or jinky code that'll aid miscreats in scamming me.
Miranda Kali
ddragos
Posted 8:52 PM 6/8/08
biggest crap ever, among other things...
ddragos
housewarmer
Posted 9:35 PM 6/8/08
Yeah, it's profoundly ridiculous, but yet oddly brilliant. If even only .1% of the world's super rich bought this app the developer would make millions. Good luck with it!
housewarmer
eckofish
Posted 9:31 PM 6/8/08
I can guess what this apps 'secret mantra' might be:
"You might be rich, but you're an idiot."
eckofish
Jurisprudence
Posted 10:15 PM 6/8/08
Ladies and gents if you have iTunes 'one click to buy' i'd advise you disable it now.
@Miranda Kali: Its also good to know that Apple are prepared to benefit themselves financially to the tune of $300 from a product like this while denying things like tethering apps to users without any explanation.
Jurisprudence
Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen
Posted 10:14 PM 6/8/08
Now this is an app!!!
All of you complaining about this are just too cheap and/or poor to buy it.
I can proudly display it on my iPhone and I can say it is the real deal. A genuine work of art!!!
Anyone who points to a website or tells you to take a screen shot, well I bet you wear a fake Rolex watch too.
It may look like the real thing, and it may make you feel better about not being able to afford the real thing, but in the end, you know it is a fake.
Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen
MightyHorse
Posted 10:05 PM 6/8/08
i'm working on an app that costs 99 cents. it's a picture of a 2x4 with a nail in it, and when you press the "i" button, it displays detailed directions to the home of the guy who developed the "I Am Rich" app. douche.
MightyHorse
EctoGamad
Posted 9:53 PM 6/8/08
It only turns red once you reach the age of 30 ......
EctoGamad
Storm490
Posted 10:37 PM 6/8/08
@Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen, You an idiot for buying the app. Even if someone coppied it or used a hacked version, no one cares. If you walk around with your Iphone above your head saying "Look at me I can afford a completely ridiculous app that makes me look like a douchebag because I have no friends and have a small chode." If you use a fake one again, it doesnt matter that you know its fake, because no one gives a shit. Stupid fuckhead
Storm490
mcdonnr
Posted 10:50 PM 6/8/08
@Storm490: I... I think he may have been using what some refer to as sarcasm...
mcdonnr
James
Posted 11:26 PM 6/8/08
Brilliant. Yet frustrating.
@Jurisprudence has it right. I don't know which is worse, the developer, or that Apple makes $333 off of it.
James
Gann
Posted 11:47 PM 6/8/08
@B1663R: chant that a few times around some co-workers and let them know who's a pothead! There, fixed it for ya. It's irie.
Gann
B1663R
Posted 11:43 PM 6/8/08
my mantra is WAY better...
"rasta isa ma life, rasta isa ere-tin"
chant that a few times around some co-workers and let them know who's boss!
B1663R
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 11:39 PM 6/8/08
People aren't saying they want Apple to reject any apps that would only be purchased by douchebags are they?
Cause otherwise...
92BuickLeSabre
Aanidaani
Posted 12:15 AM 7/8/08
This kind of scammy crap should be removed from the store. It's great as a joke, but not when any app can be bought with two button presses.
Aanidaani
Relldavis
Posted 12:00 AM 7/8/08
Does that picture not mess with anyone elses eyes?! On the main page every time my eyes CRLF'd the thing like jumped out at me, had to make the jump to read in peace, and lo, the damn thing is still next to the text. *twitch*
I call shenannigans.
Relldavis
x3r0
Posted 12:26 AM 7/8/08
They'll pull the internet tethering app, but they let this sit on the Appstore all morning?
Steve, fire someone please. Chalk the Appstore up to the failure level of MobileMe. Your quality control is pure shit. None of your "sort" features work, because you've gone and screwed it all up with your QC.
As much as I'd like to have an iPhone 3G or even 2.0 on my classic, I'll probably continue to use 1.1.4 jailbroken for a long, long time.
x3r0
philselmer
Posted 12:23 AM 7/8/08
@Relldavis: Yes! Everytime I shifted my eyes, it seemed to pulse. Very cool, but not worth $1k, IMO :P
philselmer
Cryogenicstudios
Posted 12:22 AM 7/8/08
Someone wanna tell sonic the hedgehog he's missing a chaos emerald?
Cryogenicstudios
rhett121
Posted 1:10 AM 7/8/08
I'm making an app called "I am richer". It'll cost $1999.99 and does even less (no mantra). So you can obviously one-up the douchebag "poor" folks who bought this version. Nice eh?
Oh and mine may have a slightly less-sucky image on it.
rhett121
BurstAneurysm
Posted 12:56 AM 7/8/08
@Relldavis: Yup, I noticed that too. If it's in your peripheral, it almost flashes.
I gotta check my paypal account to see if I have the extra cash laying around. That app ROCKS!
BurstAneurysm
kwjayhawk
Posted 12:54 AM 7/8/08
Wait till someone publishes an "A I am rich" or "AA I am rich" or "+AAA I am rich"
kwjayhawk
kellygeorge
Posted 12:53 AM 7/8/08
i'll just wait for the cracked version... like everything else.
kellygeorge
jakenjill
Posted 1:22 AM 7/8/08
Available for free here:
[iamricher.mobi]
Now everyone is rich!
jakenjill
mattjumbo
Posted 1:55 AM 7/8/08
I don't know why some of you are whining about this. I actually respect it.
There are tons of things in society that are done for sole purpose of letting people know how wealthy you are. Driving a Mercedes, wearing expensive designer clothing. Heck a lot of people would argue owning an iPhone *at all* is mainly a status symbol.
The person who developed this app is just being honest about it without all the phony trappings of pretending to have "finer tastes". That sort of thing is what is truly offensive.
mattjumbo
Kaiser-Machead's BSDM Shenanigans
Posted 1:42 AM 7/8/08
I'd pay for an app that has a 3D Chapelle yell out "I'M RICH BITCH!"
Kaiser-Machead's BSDM Shenanigans
MrYuk
Posted 2:04 AM 7/8/08
Why would Apple remove it? They make $300 every time one of you fools buys it.
MrYuk
M.O.D.O.K.
Posted 2:36 AM 7/8/08
This app isn't available any more at the iTunes store. So now it's even more valuable.
M.O.D.O.K.
Corrupted Data
Posted 2:53 AM 7/8/08
If just one dumb ass buys this "App" it will be the most profitable 15min of coding in history.
Corrupted Data
NagChampa
Posted 3:35 AM 7/8/08
It's disgusting, the whole notion of showing off anything to flaunt illusory material wealth - IMHO.
With that being said; this app is all about perceived value. The developer is being rather clever to embody this concept in an app for the iPhone. Hats off for capitalizing on this one first. Ultimately though, it is shite like this that keeps human beings from evolving to the next level. So hats off again for further devolving the species... asshole. ;-)
NagChampa
Purple Dave
Posted 3:32 AM 7/8/08
How to Earn a Million Bucks In 3 Easy Steps
Step 1: Write a book about how to earn a million bucks.
Step 2: Sell it to a million idiots.
Step 3: Rake in tha moniez.
Purple Dave
mr30gZune
Posted 4:01 AM 7/8/08
put me down for 7 of those
mr30gZune
KLanD
Posted 3:40 AM 7/8/08
Oh man that's funny!... Wait.. you mean it's not a joke? LMAO! That's even funnier!
KLanD
Paradise
Posted 4:23 AM 7/8/08
so we pulled box office from the app store for no reason and we leave this one up that mocks the app store?
i swear, if his steveness isn't watching these retards underneath him every second of every day it seems like the company implodes.
Paradise
JEmlay
Posted 4:08 AM 7/8/08
@KLanD:
It wasn't a joke? There is no such app, it MUST have been a joke????
I'm confused...I'm going to the soda machine to buy a coke and WAKE UP!
JEmlay
Faxmonkey
Posted 4:50 AM 7/8/08
@Miranda Kali: But it's shiny and overpriced. This app practically exemplifies apples marketing strategy. I'm surprised you don't have your credit card out already.
Faxmonkey
nmcglynn
Posted 4:34 AM 7/8/08
I hope someone creates "I Am Rich Lite" that is offered for free!
nmcglynn
Margatron
Posted 7:45 AM 7/8/08
This reminds me of people who pay real money to buy fake money in online games.
Margatron
smackswell
Posted 9:42 AM 7/8/08
The backlash aginst this app was totally uncalled for. I think it's funny.
smackswell
001
Posted 12:31 PM 7/8/08
Reminds of a story:
Guy goes into posh Michelin-rated restaurant, reads the menu, picks the most expensive item, called "Heartbreak", for $799,99, hoping that it'd offer him one hell of a culinary experience.
The waiter brought him a glass of tap water.
001
TimurY
Posted 11:20 PM 7/8/08
Brilliant, just brilliant.
Why didn't I think of this?
TimurY
Strider-No.9
Posted 2:21 PM 8/8/08
I wanted the ad supported version.
Strider-No.9
tabaks
Posted 11:50 PM 6/8/08
@Storm490...mmmyeah...let me sum up your vocabulary: idiot...coppied...douchebag...chode...doesnt...shit...fuckhead...Clearly, you have a pointmy friend. And a doctore who forgot to refill your Lithium tablets.
P.S. @Gizmodo...nice one dudes, this is a fine example of your banhammer policy...
tabaks
toraneko
Posted 7:40 PM 6/8/08
@aussie: Better yet, release a free version that displays a blank screen and beeps the ancient Tibetan Mantra, "You're as poor as poop!", at random intervals..
toraneko