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LA Times: 'I Am Rich' author sold eight copies

by Robert Palmer Aug 8th 2008 at 5:00PM

Armin Heinrich, developer of the do-nothing I Am Rich application, told the Los Angeles Times yesterday he sold eight copies of the app, which is no longer available in the App Store.

If true, Heinrich pocketed $5,600 for his work, and Apple skimmed $2,400 off the top.

According to Heinrich, six people from the U.S., one from Germany, and one from France each bought a copy of the app. One App Store reviewer said that he bought the application by accident, but it's unclear if that individual is included in the final tally.

An update to the Times article noted that Heinrich said, "I've got e-mails from customers telling me that they really love the app," who had "no trouble spending the money." He also said that he had "no idea" why Apple removed his offering from the App Store.

John Gruber, in a blog post at Daring Fireball, expressed skepticism at Heinrich's honesty, suggesting that his claim of receiving emails from satisfied customers "didn't ring true."

[Via Valleywag.]



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lane

The seller is still a leaching scumbag IMHO, he'll burn hopefully!!!

August 09 2008 at 10:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rick

Geeze, I still wish I would have thought of that..... Heinrich is brilliant.

August 09 2008 at 12:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rick

Ok, so of course I would never buy this schmuck's app, but you gotta admit.... that was a d**m good idea and he's now got $5,600 in his pocket. Kind of makes you wanna say "God bless America."

August 09 2008 at 12:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Big John

Yay for Gruber and all, but can you stop quoting him so much? Just something I'm noticing.

August 08 2008 at 11:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brian

Just like cable and satellite PPV options, there should be a default "don't let me spend more than $X on an app" (and/or "don't allow one-click purchases above $X") and it should be set to a reasonable default, like $20. For every app more than that, it should say
"This app costs $99.99.
Please use the keypad to enter that amount here:
$_ _ . _ _"

I remember running a program once that wouldn't run until you typed in "I know that I might lose all my data." No kidding--it was a whole sentence like that.

August 08 2008 at 9:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jake

http://i35.tinypic.com/vfeo5.png

(yes it could be fake.. but still!)

August 08 2008 at 8:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
webstuff

I love Apple's products, but I'm growing quite tired of their "my way or the highway" approach. The AppStore should be the ultimate experience for the iPhone, but not the ONLY one. They should open up the capability for anyone to offer an iPhone app on their site for download.

August 08 2008 at 7:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Seth Jordan

There's an "I'm Rich Bitch!" wallpaper on Flicker that's a spoof on the i am rich app Chappelle style. It looks perfect on my iPhone and it's just as useless as the original. Hysterical!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14188575@N07/2741125654/

August 08 2008 at 6:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matthew Heidenreich

that app is so ridiculous... how could you 'accidentally' get it

August 08 2008 at 6:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Seth Jordan

Apple is still trying to figure things out with the AppStore. It's so new it's like the wild west. One of the morons who bought the i am rich app is all pissed about being called an idiot. Un freakin real!

http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/08/i-am-rich-buyer.html

August 08 2008 at 6:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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