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iPhone fart app pulls in nearly $10,000 a day

venturebeat.com — Apple’s App Store is currently experiencing a plague of fart applications. Last week, I detailed one day in which at least 14 new fart apps were accepted into the store. And now upon a quick search, it looks like there are something around 50 apps all dedicated to making fart noises on your iPhone or iPod touch.

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  • birdman14, on 12/24/2008, -10/+286and when i say the "app" store is 99% useless crap, people digg me down.
  • Johnnyjm, on 12/24/2008, -0/+124facepalm @ the whole damn world
  • galewgleason, on 12/24/2008, -0/+113It looks like software developers everywhere are scrambling to put fart apps on the market in preparation for Walmart carrying the iPhone.
  • virtualonliner, on 12/24/2008, -1/+68*sigh* Kind of makes you lose faith in human race.
  • jsaya, on 12/24/2008, -3/+65THAT'S OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • MrEdwardo, on 12/24/2008, -4/+55That's it, screw college. I'm designing a new app - iBoobies
  • vagrant13, on 12/24/2008, -0/+39shake the phone to make 'em bounce
  • MrEdwardo, on 12/24/2008, -2/+39No, the developer pulled in nearly $10,000 a day, AFTER Apple took their 30% cut.
  • mikeophile, on 12/24/2008, -1/+33Looks like the iPhone has found it's killer app.
  • pintomp3, on 12/24/2008, -0/+32you can sell it in the fapp store.
  • clarious, on 12/24/2008, -0/+32Not this time :)
  • MacParrot, on 12/24/2008, -0/+28Like the kind Mom used to make
  • drakia, on 12/24/2008, -0/+25Yeah... cause everybody knows that $9,198 isn't anywhere near $10,000...
  • frederickwebpro, on 12/24/2008, -2/+26so what's the deal? people who write the fart apps? like people who write wordpress widgets or google api stuff... they're the ones making that kinda cash?

    damn, I'm in the wrong business if that's the case!
  • MRintheKeys, on 12/24/2008, -1/+25WHAT!?!?! 9000!?!?!?!!?!?
  • ajhaji, on 12/24/2008, -0/+24You mean, something like this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBNu6WMfR1k
  • naturalpapa, on 12/24/2008, -2/+26Can we just stick to good old-fashioned farts?
  • Farmer77, on 12/24/2008, -0/+23Nascar apps will sell like crazy when that happens.
  • inactive, on 12/24/2008, -17/+38Freakin' scary...but hey farts rock.
  • cycledesign, on 12/24/2008, -0/+18$9,198 is nearly $10,000. That's what they were referring to in TFA.

    Edit: Too late.
  • penguinofspades, on 12/24/2008, -0/+17why would you announce that? digg is gonna pounce. I'd say that you've got a 5min head start. go!
  • MacHarborGuy, on 12/24/2008, -0/+16why would anyone have bought whoopie-cushions years ago? because it was childishly funny.
  • liveify, on 12/24/2008, -0/+14your beef wrong
  • indubitably, on 12/24/2008, -1/+15Just when you think society couldn't sink any lower, it does something like this... and completely redeems itself!
  • ProfBagelwood, on 12/24/2008, -2/+16In related news, every single other person on Earth who saw this just lost the will to live.
  • mphree, on 12/24/2008, -1/+14And this is the revolutionary App Store.
  • HMMaster, on 12/24/2008, -2/+13but why would anyone want to use a fart app?
  • joneni01, on 12/24/2008, -0/+10Silent but deadly.
  • MrChunks, on 12/24/2008, -0/+10I thought you were describing a vibrator there, briefly.
  • inactive, on 12/24/2008, -0/+10i remember i bought this huge black device like 6 years ago. you pushed a remote and let out a 4 different types of farts. i think i paid $20 for that. i still remember the sequence of those famous farts.
  • Dazer, on 12/24/2008, -0/+10To be fair, those jokes are not what makes Family Guy a good show.
  • thyagobr, on 12/24/2008, -2/+12Wanna see the real crApple Store? Be brazilian. They refuse to sell us games - which increases the amount of crap-only considerably...

    BTW, I'd really like to understand the business logic behind these world-wide restrictions against Brazil. We're a bunch of stupids who pays for the most expensive iPhone/iPods in the whole world, but, for example, Apple and Blizzard stayed (and Blizz is still, with WoW) out of here.

    But, I digress... Ok, swallowing frustration - again =D
  • raynar, on 12/24/2008, -2/+10my beef...STRROONNGGG
  • scyphozoa, on 12/24/2008, -8/+16dugg as a reflection of iphone users
  • kenedamick, on 12/24/2008, -1/+8Birdman I'm sorry that iPhone apps fill you with such hate and rage. Happy holidays.
  • MacHarborGuy, on 12/24/2008, -1/+8not really, because then I would have to dislike Family Guy since a good number of jokes on that show are fart or fat jokes.
  • Speaking, on 12/24/2008, -0/+7I am going to make an app that lets you kick a little digital guy in the balls... I think I will call it "Ow, my balls".
  • joeplayer91, on 12/24/2008, -2/+9***** i need money
  • orthodoxDrew, on 12/24/2008, -1/+7yeah but you got Orkut, somehow
  • BIGJHUB, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6I should have made that app when i had the thought :(
  • championchap, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6Farts are only porn to you.
  • thewhiteshadow, on 12/24/2008, -1/+7...which ironically was a video near the top of Digg yesterday.
  • MacParrot, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6The next step is to add a variable timer to the app so you can set it, hide it, and the next person to sit near it will be surprised! Better than the whoopie cushion since the anticipation and the fact that the person has already been sitting for some time makes it seem more natural...

    I've really got to get out of the house more
  • jerkychew, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6Too late: http://gizmodo.com/5116493/nsfw-boob-app-on-the-ip ...
  • DelMonte, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6I love how people were up in arm when Apple rejected fart apps ("that's censor!! it won't happen on Android!") and now the same people are here ridiculing the iPhone/Apple for having a fart app...
  • shane12088, on 12/24/2008, -1/+7"In fact, yesterday it hit the number one overall position with over 13,000 downloads."

    That's because the holiday season is upon us and people want to play cruel jokes on their relatives during festive gatherings.
  • timusca, on 12/24/2008, -0/+6You're wrong, actually... Pangea has said they've made more money on that one app than they have collectively over the past 20 years developing for the Mac. And its been on the top 10 since day 1.
  • MacParrot, on 12/24/2008, -0/+5You must be a very wealthy man then
  • str1fe, on 12/24/2008, -0/+5I look at it as evidence that lots of families are buying their spoiled 14-year-old kids iPhones for Christmas.
  • MacParrot, on 12/24/2008, -0/+5Well I could go into telling you that you can block most Apple stories on digg but I get the feeling you've heard that before. Guess you're either stupid or a whiny bitch. Not taking odds either way (though the smart money says both!)
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