Amaya Toman Uma wazi okungenani kancane ngomlando we-iOS App Store, ngokuqinisekile awuphuthelwanga ukushiwo ngohlelo lokusebenza olubizwa ngokuthi Ngicebile esikhathini esidlule. Njengoba igama liphakamisa, kwakuwuhlelo lokusebenza olubiza kakhulu - lubiza u-$ 999,99 - kodwa injongo yalo yayingacacile ngokwanele. Abantu abaningi bacabange ukuthi bekuwumzamo ocacile ohlangothini lwabadali bawo wokuthola imali eningi ngangokunokwenzeka kubasebenzisi ababefuna ukukhombisa umhlaba wonke ngokuba ngomnikazi wohlelo lokusebenza ukuthi banakho nje okudingekayo. Nokho, umthuthukisi wohlelo lokusebenza ukuvikele, wathi kuwubuciko. Ithini indaba egcwele yombango othi I Am Rich?
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
I-Apple yasusa uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-I Am Rich ku-App Store ngo-Agasti 2008. Isizathu esiyinhloko kwaba inani elikhulayo lezikhalazo mayelana nenani eliphakeme ngokunqatshelwe lohlelo lokusebenza kanye nokungasebenziseki ngokuphelele. Umthuthukisi waseJalimane u-Armin Heinrich, owayidala, nokho, ekuqaleni wathi bekuwuhlobo lwehlaya. "Ngihlangabezane nezikhalazo ezimbalwa zabasebenzisi mayelana namanani e-iPhone app angaphezu kwamasenti angama-99," kusho uHeinrich engxoxweni abe nayo ne-New York Times. “Ngikuthatha njengobuciko. Bengingalindele ukuthi abantu abaningi kakhulu bathenge uhlelo lokusebenza, futhi bengingalindele konke lokho.” wavuma. Ingqikithi yabasebenzisi abayisishiyagalombili bagcine bedawunilode uhlelo lokusebenza I Am Rich, omunye wabo kamuva owafuna imbuyiselo ku-Apple. Izibuyekezo zohlelo lokusebenza kumaseva ezobuchwepheshe, ngenxa yezizathu eziqondakalayo, azizange zincomeke kabili. Uhlelo lokusebenza empeleni alwenzanga lutho - lapho lwethulwa, kwavela itshe eliyigugu elibomvu esikrinini se-iPhone, futhi lapho abasebenzisi belicindezela, kwavela i-mantra ngosonhlamvukazi abafundeka kalula. "Ngicebile / ngifanelwe / ngilungile, nginempilo futhi ngiphumelele" (yebo, ngempela uphudingi, cha kufanelekile bona ngezansi).
Ukuvela kokusetshenziswa kwalolu hlobo ku-App Store kwakuyindaba yesikhathi ngezizathu eziningi. USteve Jobs, owaqale wangavumelana nombono we-App Store, wabuye waqinisekiswa ukwesaba kwakhe ukuthi isitolo se-iPhone esiku-inthanethi sizogcwaliswa ngokuqukethwe okuphansi nokungenasidingo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, impikiswano ebangelwe uhlelo lokusebenza lokuthi Ngicebile iphinde yavusa inkulumompikiswano mayelana nokwenzeka kokuzama noma yiluphi uhlelo lokusebenza ngaphambi kokuthi alukhokhele. U-Apple wenqabile le nketho njengomthetho ozenzakalelayo, kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi izinhlelo zokusebenza ezinikeza le nketho zithandwa kakhulu.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ngemva kokugqashuka kwehlazo, u-Heinrich kwadingeka abhekane nezikhukhula zemibiko, eyayivame ukucasula kakhulu. Nokho, impendulo engeyinhle evela kwabezindaba, ochwepheshe kanye nomphakathi ayizange imvimbe ekukhipheni esinye isicelo esibizwa ngokuthi I Am Rich LE. Kulokhu intengo yaba ngu-$8,99 futhi yayihlanganisa isibali kanye nenguqulo elungile ngokwegrama ye-mantra kusukela enguqulweni yokuqala. Isicelo sakhululwa ngo-2009, kodwa asicishe saduma njengokwandulelayo. Singayithola ku-App Store sisayithola nanamuhla.
