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Apple Announces Winner of App Store's 50 Billionth Download Contest
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Glad I wasn't the winner ... I didn't want to have to pay a huge tax for the right to download tons of payed apps/music that I never wanted.
Or do he get a gazillion 'small amount' cards so that he can resell them on ebay?
Or do he get a gazillion 'small amount' cards so that he can resell them on ebay?
Just consider what people are probably paying on subscriptions alone each year:
iCloud 20 gig storage plan: 40$
Mac OS X: 30$
iTunes Match: 25$
Netflix: 96$
iRadio or the like: ~120$
That's only a couple off the top of my head and you are already looking at 300$ a year, not even counting other app, music, movies, and book purchases/rentals. That 10k goes fast.
iCloud 20 gig storage plan: 40$
Mac OS X: 30$
iTunes Match: 25$
Netflix: 96$
iRadio or the like: ~120$
That's only a couple off the top of my head and you are already looking at 300$ a year, not even counting other app, music, movies, and book purchases/rentals. That 10k goes fast.
I don't think you can play for Netflix via iTunes
But you can subscribe to it through the Netflix app, and therefore pay for it through your iTunes credit.
Since Apple said publicly they would pick the next entry after the 49,999,999,999th entry (not necessarily a purchase since you could enter without a purchase), and since many people will have purchased apps for the chance of winning $10,000, doing so would constitute fraud. Do I think Apple commits fraud over something like this? That would be so incredibly stupid, I don't think so.
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_You_ would probably spend it on fart apps.
To me, Apple has lots of music, books, audiobooks that I would spend money on. A bit more than I spend annually anyway, for the next twenty years. Videos and video rentals. And a bit of software as well.
Yes they should have split it between more winners - make more people happy. Or like in the old days where they were giving out the latest and greatest laptops to the winner - that would something I really would like.
At normal times about 1000 downloads per second. Probably a tiny bit more at the winning time.
If the service is charged to your on file iTunes account, yes. iTunes Match uses my account, and I had like $23.47 last year on renewal so only $1.53 was billed to my Credit Card.
Since Apple has to choose it at random due to the simultaneous downloads, I think they'd make sure it's not a Google app
Puhh, finally I can stop checking my eMail if Apple send me the winner mail
Congrats to the winner ... That's lots of music you can download
Congrats to the winner ... That's lots of music you can download
I've always wondered what would happen if that milestone download was one of the many fart apps. Would Apple announce it or pick another winner?
This keeps coming up but it's not true. You don't pay taxes on the gift card. The taxes are paid as you USE the gift card. Ever go into a store to buy a gift card? notice that there's no taxes on it? That's why. Your taxes are counted against the value of the card.
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This is how you figure out who the 50 billionth winner is.
1) Sync all databases to one master iTunes every hour or so.
2) Query the table (Select * FROM iTunes WHERE ROWID='50000000000')
3) Email winner.
1) Sync all databases to one master iTunes every hour or so.
2) Query the table (Select * FROM iTunes WHERE ROWID='50000000000')
3) Email winner.
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$10,000 in iTunes is an easy spend:
1) Final Cut Pro X
2) Logic Pro
3) Apple Remote Desktop
4) HD Movies
5) HD TV Shows
6) Music
7) Books
8) Games
9) Paid Apps
I could probably spend the 10k within 1-2 weeks easily and have a very nice movie/tv/music collection. I say 1-2 weeks because I'm sure TWC would love me abusing their network in a 24 hour period.
1) Final Cut Pro X
2) Logic Pro
3) Apple Remote Desktop
4) HD Movies
5) HD TV Shows
6) Music
7) Books
8) Games
9) Paid Apps
I could probably spend the 10k within 1-2 weeks easily and have a very nice movie/tv/music collection. I say 1-2 weeks because I'm sure TWC would love me abusing their network in a 24 hour period.
Besides, if you truly believe that you would never be able to spend $10,000 in apps, songs, etc., then simply consider the prize as access to the store for life. Being able to browse iTunes or MAS and buy whatever you wanted whenever you wanted to and never worry about it.