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Today in Apple history: Dev defends I Am Rich, his totally useless $1,000 app

Monday, August 10, 2026Luke DormehlView original

Today in Apple history: Dev defends I Am Rich, his totally useless $1,000 app

Illustration of an iPhone with the I Am Rich iPhone app, which cost $1,000 and was totally useles, on a pile of money.

On August 10, 2008, developer Armin Heinrich called his ridiculous $1,000 iPhone app I Am Rich a work of art. Eight people bought the app.

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