Comment by ddingus

No, that resonates. Truthy.

It is like that "I'm Rich" app someone from Germany(?) made for iOS. Priced it at the max and a few people bought it!

What they got was an app that displayed a picture of some expensive, fantasy ring with an equally fantastic gemstone set in it.

Total status signaling!

Of course the general failure on that one was the lack of network effects. Someone could see the app was on a phone, and or could see the displayed picture should the user leave it running.

Seriously lame, but still there appeared to be at least a few takers.