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We did that in 2008 also, I think the only reason Apple pulled that app is they expected the sales to be charged back and they were wanting to avoid the possibl

We did that in 2008 also, I think the only reason Apple pulled that app is they expected the sales to be charged back and they were wanting to avoid the possible media circus going on around it. I am betting that in 2021 the story might have a different ending. If I wanted to have a service that would certify someone uber wealthy or old money and display an icon, I bet it could be done. Nothing stops people from gold plating their iPhones or putting it in a jewel encrusted case - if you drop it better then gems take the blow then your phone, right? I’ve heard stories of überrich kids dropping $36k so they can rule on Clash of Clans, and grade school kids blowing their college funds on smurfberries to get ahead in whatever game uses those, and for the most part Apple is happy to let that happen but will step in with refunds to head off any media frenzy. Has anyone tried to play Blackjack on an iPhone recently? It is almost impossible to find an app that lets you play any casino games without -buying chips- to play. Who is spending $99.99, $19.99, or $9.99 of real money to gamble X amount of fake money with real reward except being on a scoreboard for a day? If you just want to play just for fun you have to go onto web sites.

the_local_host 6y ago
> If I wanted to have a service that would certify someone uber wealthy or old money and display an icon, I bet it could be done. $1000 isn't enough to charge to establish that someone is meaningfully wealthy; the app should have cost $10 million.
- chrischen 6y ago
  I think this is the same concept of establishing wealth as, say, wiping one's own ass with $1 bills.
  - Clewza313 6y ago
    Try $50 bills: https://mothership.sg/2020/06/raffles-institution-student-flush-money/ https://mothership.sg/2020/06/raffles-institution-student-fl...
- SllX 6y ago
  IIRC the the highest price an app could set at the App Store launch in 2008 was $999 or $999.99. This was someone putting a drawing in an iPhone app bundle with a funny name and charging the highest price that Apple allowed developers to set.
  - JKCalhoun 6y ago
    In other words, art. It was brilliant. Made even more brilliant when the people who had actually paid for the app went on line, backpedalling, to explain how they had bought it on accident.
- ohgodplsno 6y ago
  If you've got $1000 to blow on a joke, you are more than reasonably comfortable and entering wealthy territory. $1000 is rent for many people, it's one half to one third of their salary.
- zxcvbn4038 6y ago
  What was that Steve Martain movie where he is trying to take a woman to a fancy restaurant, so he is having a meeting with the head chef and the banker, and they keep asking him what he will order from the menu "The Duck!? On your salary?" Yeah, 1000 is going to weed out a number of people but its not unreachable, should be more for 1000 we'll examine your financial situation and then grant you the ability to display the icon.
koolba 6y ago
> Has anyone tried to play Blackjack on an iPhone recently? It is almost impossible to find an app that lets you play any casino games without -buying chips- to play. Why would someone spend the time and money to develop an app that is not monetized? You’d need a server to manage state and that’s an ongoing cost as well. It doesn’t exist because it’s not economical to do so.
- xkeysc0re 6y ago
  You realize you can run code on the iPhone right? There's nothing inherent to blackjack - or any casino game whatsoever - that would necessitate holding remote state (Multiplayer obviously a different story).
- zaphirplane 6y ago
  I think the chips have to have some value, pressing a reload 10m wallet button will make a pointless gambling game, loose win who care just get more free chips Gambling Games devolve to everyone all in, everyone bluffing
jkinudsjknds 6y ago
Why would grade school kids have access to their college funds?
trissylegs 6y ago
Just for an example: https://caviar.global/iphone-12/ https://caviar.global/iphone-12/

the_local_host 6y ago

> If I wanted to have a service that would certify someone uber wealthy or old money and display an icon, I bet it could be done. $1000 isn't enough to charge to establish that someone is meaningfully wealthy; the app should have cost $10 million.

chrischen 6y ago
I think this is the same concept of establishing wealth as, say, wiping one's own ass with $1 bills.
- Clewza313 6y ago
  Try $50 bills: https://mothership.sg/2020/06/raffles-institution-student-flush-money/ https://mothership.sg/2020/06/raffles-institution-student-fl...
SllX 6y ago
IIRC the the highest price an app could set at the App Store launch in 2008 was $999 or $999.99. This was someone putting a drawing in an iPhone app bundle with a funny name and charging the highest price that Apple allowed developers to set.
- JKCalhoun 6y ago
  In other words, art. It was brilliant. Made even more brilliant when the people who had actually paid for the app went on line, backpedalling, to explain how they had bought it on accident.
ohgodplsno 6y ago
If you've got $1000 to blow on a joke, you are more than reasonably comfortable and entering wealthy territory. $1000 is rent for many people, it's one half to one third of their salary.
zxcvbn4038 6y ago
What was that Steve Martain movie where he is trying to take a woman to a fancy restaurant, so he is having a meeting with the head chef and the banker, and they keep asking him what he will order from the menu "The Duck!? On your salary?" Yeah, 1000 is going to weed out a number of people but its not unreachable, should be more for 1000 we'll examine your financial situation and then grant you the ability to display the icon.

koolba 6y ago

> Has anyone tried to play Blackjack on an iPhone recently? It is almost impossible to find an app that lets you play any casino games without -buying chips- to play. Why would someone spend the time and money to develop an app that is not monetized? You’d need a server to manage state and that’s an ongoing cost as well. It doesn’t exist because it’s not economical to do so.

xkeysc0re 6y ago
You realize you can run code on the iPhone right? There's nothing inherent to blackjack - or any casino game whatsoever - that would necessitate holding remote state (Multiplayer obviously a different story).
zaphirplane 6y ago
I think the chips have to have some value, pressing a reload 10m wallet button will make a pointless gambling game, loose win who care just get more free chips Gambling Games devolve to everyone all in, everyone bluffing

jkinudsjknds 6y ago

Why would grade school kids have access to their college funds?

trissylegs 6y ago

Just for an example: https://caviar.global/iphone-12/ https://caviar.global/iphone-12/