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Re:Apple announces upgrade to App Store pricing by redtriumph on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @01:16PM (#33884598)
"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.

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Re:Apple announces upgrade to App Store pricing by cauthon on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @01:38PM (#33884924)
"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

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Re:Apple announces upgrade to App Store pricing by martythemaniak on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @01:21PM (#33884653)
It embarrassed Apple.
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Re:Apple announces upgrade to App Store pricing by fckgw on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @02:31PM (#33885721)
It generated support complaints and provided no value to the user.
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Re:Apple announces upgrade to App Store pricing by BudaDude on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @02:58PM (#33886152)
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?
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