http://www.forbes.com/sites/lananhnguyen/2014/02/11/exclusive-flappy-bird-creator-dong-nguyen-says-app-gone-forever-because-it-was-an-addictive-product/

“Flappy Bird was designed to play in a few minutes when you are relaxed,” says Dong Nguyen, in an exclusive interview, his first since he pulled the plug on the app. “But it happened to become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem. To solve that problem, it’s best to take down Flappy Bird. It’s gone forever.”

Nguyen has several other top app store games, including Super Ball Juggling and Shuriken Block, which are currently #6 and #18 on the iOS store, respectively. Nguyen says that he has no plans to remove those games, which he termed “harmless.” If he thought users were getting addicted, however, he said he would not hesitate to also take them down.

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If I was him i would say: "screw your health... give me my monniez for ads!"

You get cancer in your testicles if you play too much.

Someone at EA just died laughing

A nanny dev, who woulda thunk it?

Damn, I was just about to download this game. Well w/e, but good guy dev for caring us so much

Has nothing to do with ripping stuff off, none at all

Xen said: Has nothing to do with ripping stuff off, none at all

I actually read that Nintendo wasn't about to sue the Flappy Brids dev. 

Lumikki said: Xen said: Has nothing to do with ripping stuff off, none at all I actually read that Nintendo wasn't about to sue the Flappy Brids dev.

Yeah, but Nintendo wasn't the only one ripped off

With all the hype and attention it got, somebody would get it removed later on, I guess.

I voted to legalize Flappy Bird. It's addictive but I never saw anybody overdose on it.

Don't deprive people of your masterpiece!