"The application was removed from the App Store without explanation by Apple the day after its release, August 6, 2008"

Would be interesting to know the thought process for doing this.

"hey, do we want to see a headline every time someone asks for a $1000 refund, or do we pull this app that does nothing by a guy doing a bit"

Something like that I'd guess.

This was also in the first month of the App Store. iirc Jobs was nervous about third party apps being lower quality and tainting the perception of the platform, I don't think there was any PR calculus where this app survived

It embarrassed Apple.

It generated support complaints and provided no value to the user.

The value is there. People buy useless shit all of time to show off their wealth. Is there any difference between having a $10,000 app or having a $100+ cosmetic skin in a game?

Seeing prices list from 2008 having "today's dollars" is really scaring me.