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Eight people purchase "I am Rich"
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Just wanted you to know that i read your comments but refuse to comment. Not worth my time
Hmm, maybe if I made an app with 2 diamonds for just 499.99, that's much better value, they'd HAVE to let that one up there!
Hmm, maybe if I made an app with 2 diamonds for just 499.99, that's much better value, they'd HAVE to let that one up there!
You would have to make sure they weren't "blood diamonds"
Hmm, maybe if I made an app with 2 diamonds for just 499.99, that's much better value, they'd HAVE to let that one up there!
OH! if you make them "Product Red", then apple would have to let you sell them. As my one friend says "It goes to help the Africas" *She's an idiot
I don't understand why Apple would allow this in the store anyway. It's not even an app, it's just an icon. Don't they have any sort of vetting process, or do they just allow everything in the store that is submitted to them, as long as it doesn't violate any laws?
Anyway, as a woman, I thank you all for assuming the buyers were men. I wholeheartedly agree with you that only guys would be this stupid.
Anyway, as a woman, I thank you all for assuming the buyers were men. I wholeheartedly agree with you that only guys would be this stupid.
i agree... it's really great work... a successful performance piece that underlined the indulgence of some members of the modern upper class... apple has no right to take it down... the show must go on.
I don't understand why Apple would allow this in the store anyway. It's not even an app, it's just an icon. Don't they have any sort of vetting process, or do they just allow everything in the store that is submitted to them, as long as it doesn't violate any laws?
Anyway, as a woman, I thank you all for assuming the buyers were men. I wholeheartedly agree with you that only guys would be this stupid.
The only way a women would have bought this is if her man lied to her about the price
You are quite right. In fact this thread itself is fantastic conceptual art. We should all get royalties!
I know this is off the subject, but I wanted to pass this out to everyone...
http://www.9to5mac.com/police_state
Apparently this has been in effect since the beginning of the year. I started another forum for this and sent it in to macrumors news info. I know there was a forum about it potentially becoming a law, but I guess it is already in effect. Just trying to get the word out.
http://www.9to5mac.com/police_state
Apparently this has been in effect since the beginning of the year. I started another forum for this and sent it in to macrumors news info. I know there was a forum about it potentially becoming a law, but I guess it is already in effect. Just trying to get the word out.
I'm going to agree with all the people asking where the personal responsibility is. If you've got 1-Click enabled, you have to be more careful. It's not the Developers fault that you have set preferences in iTunes. And to say that Apple should prompt you on any purchase over $X.XX (for any value of X), that's why the shopping cart is there in the first place - it's a way to ask "Are you sure?" But I do think Apple should actually allow you to place apps in a shopping cart. As it stands, it does, however, prompt you before making a purchase.
Ah, but alas, the App store works differently than your other settings!
I have "Buy using a shopping cart" selected in my iTunes preferences. Yet, clicking on an application does NOT go to my cart - it is an instant purchase!
This is totally contrary to expected behavior. anyone who has purchased songs with the "store" would NOT (edited to add the NOT that i left out before) expect the application store to work differently yet it does. I have never been prompted when buying in the app store in iTunes... purchases are instant and i get no confirmation or option to approve.
There is no tab in the preferences anywhere for changing the behavior of the Application Store and therefore Apple has made a mistake here. And therefore should refund anyone who mistakenly purchased this application.
Calling people idiots for something that is clearly an unexpected behavior is in my opinion not appropriate. Apple should make all purchases work the same way.
It is also true that you don't have a shopping cart on the phone itself. Purchases there are instant too.
I read the review calling this app a scam and how apple needs to screen better. Whatever happened to being responsible for your own actions. if I want to put an app on the app store that says "Sucker" and offer it for $3.00 or $3000 and someone buys it, then thats on them. I saw the app when it came out and the last thing I was going to do was hit "buy". I think the developer should get his money and no one should get a refund. We have a problem with people thinking they can do what they want to and won't be held accountable. What's sad is that this is true. People just say they made a mistake or they didn't know and its okay- everyone forgives them. Maybe we need a good depression to instill some strife in everyone. I don't ever recall old people acting this way when I grew up. They were very responsible and frugal. Way to screw it up baby boomers.
I totally agree 100% with what you say. People should not be anywhere near the app store let alone an iphone or ipod touch if they don't know how to use it properly. I wouldn't let anybody near a car if they didn't know how to drive.
The developer described exactly what the app was and did. Those people saying the app is a scam obviously have no brain cells or any scrap of common sense. Those are the people we should be afraid of.
I agree with your point about the app store operating differently. When I initially downloaded apps, I tried out a free one first just to make sure I was doing everything correctly- Once I figured out how everything worked, I moved on to a few paid apps. I did see this app and just stayed away. I do think your point is valid
Just how do you know how to use it 'properly' when Apple has programmed it to work differently than every other part of the store? iTunes is ignoring my "add to cart" choice in the preferences and for an application does "instant purchase" - the only way to learn that is to click the buy button.
Call me an idiot if you want - but applications that don't follow expected user behavior are not the fault of the user.
What's the fuss? $999.99 Won't buy you a decent loo brush these days!
Like this perhaps... http://money.aol.com/special/gold-household-items
Forget tech, I need to get into the plumbing business
Like this perhaps... http://money.aol.com/special/gold-household-items
Forget tech, I need to get into the plumbing business
UH
The 8 or 9 people who purchased this app are most certainly a statistical glitch.
such as:
1) mistaking 999. for 9.99
2) mistaken location of links and buttons (hitting wrong app).
3) other random results.
4) juveniles with stolen credit cards (or parents/sibling cards)
Yet you all seem to imagine other scenarios where some nouveau riche are flaunting money while wallowing in hubris .
such imaginations.
The 8 or 9 people who purchased this app are most certainly a statistical glitch.
such as:
1) mistaking 999. for 9.99
2) mistaken location of links and buttons (hitting wrong app).
3) other random results.
4) juveniles with stolen credit cards (or parents/sibling cards)
Yet you all seem to imagine other scenarios where some nouveau riche are flaunting money while wallowing in hubris .
such imaginations.
