The thing is, no one is MAKING us write this, but we feel the need to.
Of all the stories about the App Store coming around and around again and again are about the dueling fart applications. Yes, these pretty much work as advertised: they make farting noises.
Second saddest part: the developers are charging for them.
Saddest part: people are paying for them.
We attribute this mostly to how easy it is to purchase things on the app store. It's almost a one-click procedure. I'm sure a lot of people have bought it without knowing they BOUGHT it. But there are a number of people, including some well known podcasters, who have deliberately bought it while simultaneously complaining about the fact that so many are buying it.
And now, comes news, as far as we can tell, that one party is suing the other. We don't know more details because, well, we have more important things to do, like come up with useless inventions.
From the start of the App Store there have been stories about countless tip calculators, flashlight applications, the infamous I Am Rich application, and now the fart machines. Like copy and paste, they take up more cycles that other, very useful applications (like Instaviz, a flow charting
application that we swear by).
In this light, we are proposing the following:
Readers of The Times know that we believe very much in open communication when it comes to talking about a product or bettering it. What we don't believe in, however, is giving attention to things that have no lasting benefit or practical use. These products are not going to improve: it's like expecting McDonald's go organic. They are fun little toys, but they don't deserve the mention or consideration that they are being given, even if this attention is to simply complain about their existence and popularity.
As we end this post, we end discussion of all useless apps. We urge everyone else to do the same.
And now, comes news, as far as we can tell, that one party is suing the other. We don't know more details because, well, we have more important things to do, like come up with useless inventions.
From the start of the App Store there have been stories about countless tip calculators, flashlight applications, the infamous I Am Rich application, and now the fart machines. Like copy and paste, they take up more cycles that other, very useful applications (like Instaviz, a flow charting
application that we swear by).
In this light, we are proposing the following:
That all bloggers, techwriters, podcasters, pundits, and whatnots do resolve to not talk about useless applications. We shall talk about good applications, or applications with promise, but we shall not, not even ironically, mention a stupid application even if said application is the top seller. We shall not give them attention, nor mention, nor solace, nor support. This includes but is not limited to random joke generators, dice simulators, cowbell clangers, fake lighters, or fake call generators.
Readers of The Times know that we believe very much in open communication when it comes to talking about a product or bettering it. What we don't believe in, however, is giving attention to things that have no lasting benefit or practical use. These products are not going to improve: it's like expecting McDonald's go organic. They are fun little toys, but they don't deserve the mention or consideration that they are being given, even if this attention is to simply complain about their existence and popularity.
As we end this post, we end discussion of all useless apps. We urge everyone else to do the same.
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