There is also a relatively low cost of entry into developing apps for the iPhone. The SDK is accessible and a hundred bucks gets you in the App store, unless you “compete” with Apple, are a minor recordig artist or let Twitter trends display in your app. Fart apps, it seems, are easily built and easily built and easily approved for distribution in the App store.

I don't understand it, particularly in the variety of fart apps to be had on the App store. Is there really that much innovation to be had in the gross out market?

But the apps are there, and they clearly sell, much to my chagrin.

I think the real need is better classification of apps in the store. If we could corral all the crapps into a category of their own, those of us interested in real applications could find them. And the crapp seekers wouldn't have to sort through all the annoying productivity apps to find the perfect vomitirium.