[bryanrasmussen]

>Isn't the idea of building the "next big app" itself based on the same kind of get-rich-quick mindset those schemes are exploiting?

Perhaps, depending on the app, a ponzi scheme is based on wanting to get rich by taking advantage of people's gullibility and non-understanding of how ponzi schemes work.

I suppose some apps could have that kind of disregard for how users of the app are harmed, but I think in most cases people building apps also think they are helping their users in some way. Ponzi schemers know they're only helping themselves.