A completely useless app was developed by Armin Heinrich of Germany. It appeared on the Apple App Store on August 5, 2008 selling for for $999.99. The app, “I Am Rich”, simply displayed a 12 word misspelled message (below).
I am rich
I deserv it
I am good,
healthy &
successful
It was pulled down from the App Store the next day but had already been purchased 8 times – only once accidentally.
Assuming seven of those sales were honoured which totalled $7,000, Armin Heinrich made a little less than $5,000. Apple, as you probably may know, takes 30% of the sales.
“I Am Rich” made Armin Heinrich rich very quickly… too many instances of “rich” in that sentence.
