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0 pointsebbv12y ago0 comments

Welcome to capitalism. If you were a web app, or a brick and mortar store, there would be no Apple or Google for you to appeal to. Only the courts, which you have anyway, but which have no sway over developers in China, etc.

Honestly I can't believe you (and other) developers are surprised when this happens.

My company's web site was copy and pasted wholesale by a competitor, and we had to threaten legal action against them in order to get them to replace it. (Probably with someone else's.)

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wpietri12y ago

The claim for the Apple marketplace was that it would be a better place, a well-tended garden. Better for consumers, better for vendors, and worth Apple taking a large slice of profits. So I think it's reasonable that developers are surprised.

oneeyedpigeon12y ago

Exactly. What is the point of the walled garden if it protects neither producers nor consumers?

10feet12y ago

How are the consumers in any way affected by this?

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hayksaakian12y ago

The issue with courts is that not only do you need to convince them that the copier is in the wrong, but also that apple/Google should be the ones to do something about it.

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