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0 pointso0void0o5y ago0 comments

I was so angry at MS for taking away WunderList that I started to write a clone that looks 1:1 the same instead of using TODO. This time around the tech stack is React js as the UI with Springboot and MongoDB in the backend. Making great progress can do lists/task crud but lacking sync etc..

When you are accustomed to how things work and then forced to change its not fun. Current covid19 circumstances brought enough unwanted changes. This project started out as a fuck you to MS but it really turned into a fun project to keep my productively on track and also keep my mind busy.

The only shame is that I can't really "release" this cause it really looks like the original and the copyright vultures will waste no time coming for me. My best bet would be to change the UI design. BUT that would void the original purpose of the project.

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rabidrat5y ago

IANAL but UI design is not copyrightable. Also let them send you a C&D and then you can get the internet to send MSFT some online hate, which would be a much more effective fuck-you than keeping your project hidden out of fear of their corporate legal team (which is just what they want, so they can maintain tacit control over non-existent IP and not have to do any work for it).

imhoguy5y ago

Can't you just release it as open-source for self-hosting. I think that could go under free speech and the source code will always be your invention. I wonder how is it done with myriads of software/hardware emulators and clones.

vlucas5y ago

Long time user of Wunderlist here. I just migrated to Microsoft To Do, and am happy with it. All the features I cared about are still there, and it is more or less the same app. The "To-Do" space is awfully crowded...

copperx5y ago

To Do is wonderful. This is the first To Do app that I've used that gets almost everything right.

tluyben25y ago

Yep, I had the same anger. You should release it though... There are many app copies/themes 'like X' (uber/instagram/etc) that look the same. They don't get any vultures ;)

vlod5y ago

How about it making it theme-able?, with the default theme something that everyone will most likely change because it's so bad (i.e. bright neon green). One of the themes could be a WL match. If you wanted to go nuts have the themes as a separate github opensource repo (not connected to the project) which the app pulls in.

freefriedrice5y ago

Cool!

I convinced a bunch of friends to use WL a few years ago and now they're mad at ME for the acquisition! Not really mad, but despondent and looking for alternatives. I migrated to Apple's todo list app (which has +ves and -ves), but it was funny getting a bunch of texts within a week blaming me for getting them hooked on WunderList!

hariharasudhan5y ago

if you're using react then definitely checkout https://www.bytehub.dev/ for some cool react components

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