I was talking to you yesterday about Flappy Bird, an application that overnight became a "hit" of App Storeafter 6 months of unnoticed presence in the store of the American company. There is a lot of controversy surrounding how the app became popular, but the announcement regarding its withdrawal left many question marks, especially after its developer claimed that it was ruining his life. To better understand what motivated him to do this, those from Businessinsider they published some quite interesting explanations, although probably the real reason is completely different.
According to them, the application Flappy Bird generated so much hysteria throughout the world that rumors began to appear regarding various acts of violence generated by it, including stabbing a child. The announcement of his retirement from App Store it stirred up the spirits even more, with some people claiming, jokingly, that they would kill themselves, while others threatened developer Dong Nguyen with death, although even in these cases we are most likely talking about simple jokes.
However, no matter what are the motivations of these gestures, it is clear that an unknown game became extremely popular overnight and only Apple will know if there is a manipulation of the App Store behind it or not.
