As promised, Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has removed his torturous app from Apple's App Store. Flappy Bird is gone. It is survived by knockoffs like Clumsy Bird and Happy Poo Flap, and by the nightmares and thumb pain it has caused you these last few weeks.
MacRumors first noted that while the removal is still rolling out, the app no longer appears in App Store search or in the Top Free Games listing. It's also missing from a "Flappy Bird" search in Google Play, though for now it still shows up in the Top Free Apps chart there. Its death was as swift as one of its runs.
It's still not entirely clear why Nguyen is abandoning his $50,000-a-day ship. The developer cited discomfort with all of the attention he had been getting:
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