I Am Rich Update

I went back to the App Store to see when Armin Heinrich added I Am Rich, and whaddya know… it’s gone! Score one for internet outrage. If it weren’t for all the people bashing it on message boards, within iTunes, through social media outlets, and on blogs like this one, it would probably still be there.

I’ll bet there are thousands of app-developer-wannabes who have already started crafting their very own little $999.99 scams and they’re all gonna be very disappointed to find out that Apple apparently won’t be letting I Am Rich set a very bad precedent. In fact, I have to wonder if the sudden shutdown of Armin’s little experiment was precipitated by a flood of copycats? Regardless of why it’s gone, I’m just glad it is.

I can already hear iPhone and iTouch users letting out a collective sigh of relief. I Am Rich was dangerously close to steering the App Store into some very dark territory.