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Microsoft recently did the same thing called "Keep the Cash" or something similar. For every app you successfully submitted, they paid you 100 dollars(limit 10 per store).

I actually had a Microsoft engineer come to my school to do a workshop to promote this. It was done to show how to submit apps to the windows store, but the process involved using 3rd party software to create crappy whack a mole apps.

My class that day had about 20 people submit various whack a mole apps, most of which I know were successfully reviewed and approved. So we essentially got paid to attend a work shop while Microsoft got a nice boost in apps in their store.

I am not sure how widespread this promotion was, but I know my particular engineer that day said he had been to 3 or 4 other colleges in my area that month.

Also last I checked my wonderful whack a mole app had about 50 downloads. I am sorry to whoever downloaded that crap.