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Well, there's the I Am Rich app[0], which essentially did nothing and cost US$999.99. The crux was, however, that the developer was totally upfront about what
by CaptainZapp 3y ago
Well, there's the I Am Rich app[0], which essentially did nothing and cost US$999.99.
The crux was, however, that the developer was totally upfront about what you got for the price and apparently there still were douchebags around forking over the cash to buy "status".
Apple yanked the app due to the publicity. Which I thought was wrong. It didn't violate any App store rules and it was honest and up front in the description of the app.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich
- TazeTSchnitzel 3y agoI suspect they might actually have yanked it due to the high rate of refund requests and chargebacks. Not the developer's fault, but not something Apple want to have to deal with.
- vcg3rd 3y agoI usually go with stupid before malevolent, but is this a possible way to launder money? Just have a really hard time believing people are that stupid.
- doublerabbit 3y agoI just buy domain names on the whim, personally I see them as monopoly cards. Own a .org, .net and .com of the same URL and your a winner. Yearly renewal is around €2k and I only use eight :/
- margorczynski 3y agoHow would you launder money with this approach? The amount of downloads/purchases is verifiable as the whole flow of money from buyer to seller. If I sell it 10 times (10 downloads and 10 wire transactions that cover them) how do I put the unaccounted money into the system?