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And in about a month or two Flappy Bird fever will wear off and folks will move onto something else. Don't turn down millions of dollars because people are doi
by Aqueous 13y ago
And in about a month or two Flappy Bird fever will wear off and folks will move onto something else.
Don't turn down millions of dollars because people are doing what people do! Someone remind him of all the folks who have downloaded his game and stopped playing nearly immediately...,
- SurfScore 13y agoI think it's about more than money for this guy
- Houshalter 13y agoI respect his morals but the people over using the game are just going to move on to some other game and get addicted to it. If he feels bad about profiting from the game, he should donate it to a charity. That amount of money can do a lot of good.
- jonny_eh 13y agoAnd if a drug dealer decides to stop selling meth, you'd discourage him since addicts can just buy it down the block? Note: I'm not saying Flappy Bird is like meth, but just pointing out your logic.
- derefr 13y agoIf meth were a liquid market with dealers lining up on every single street corner in the city to sell (and probably stocking it in grocery and convenience stores besides), then yeah, his stopping wouldn't really change the situation. His monetary loss from stopping sales will far outweigh whatever infinitesimal decrease there will be in the convenience of finding an addictive game on the iTunes app store.
- jusben1369 13y agoThis only holds if meth and playing flappy are on par in terms of damaging your life.
- pikachu_is_cool 13y agoThis might come as a shocker to many people on HN, but many people do not like money.
- yogo 13y agoYep they either have it already or they are fucking idiots. It's a fundamental lack of appreciation for good luck.
- ChrisNorstrom 13y agoDude common. You have to see it from his point of view. His money and fame aren't coming from a prestigious accomplishment. He probably doesn't want to be known for a flappy bird game for the rest of his life. Imagine being the guy who invented the turd scrubber brush next to the toilet. Everyone owns that brush but would you want to be known for it? Associated with it?
- pikachu_is_cool 13y agoActually, it's more like he's going to have to deal with fake people for the rest of his life.
- throwaway092834 13y agoI have to say yes, I would have no problem with being known for inventing a toilet brush, or flappy bird. I'd be proud, even. I know that people can have strangely fragile egos but the idea of being upset for being known for something, no matter how benign, is completely foreign to me.
- ChrisNorstrom 13y ago? Then why is your account username "throwaway092834".
- throwaway092834 13y ago
- AnthonBerg 13y agoA good reason to turn down the money is that this is an unusual event, and may get people thinking. And we also have an unavoidable mechanism that is our conscience. I'm fairly sure that his decision will make him happier and more at peace with himself in the long run.