The App Store Is Proof We’re In Idiocracy

The App Store Is Proof We’re In Idiocracy

from http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/16/the-app-store-is-proof-were-in-idiocracy/

The number one game in the iTunes App Store is a game about selling weed. Yes, really. The app, “Weed Firm,” however, looks brilliant when compared to what comes next: it sits just above yet another fairly dumb, time-waster of a game called “100 Balls,” reminiscent of beer pong. And that’s followed “Toilet Time,” which offers you quick games to play while you…um…go, as well as “Make It Rain,” which tests to see how fast you can swipe to make the money fly.

Welcome to the Everyman’s App Store.

Or, as some have put it, Idiocracy.

These games, the mobile equivalent to America’s obsession with low-brow content along the lines of “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” or “The Real Housewives,” aren’t just popular in the U.S., but are making their way into the top charts of a number of English-speaking countries around the world.

Their popularity is ...