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There's no such thing as originality in many cases. Everything is based off of something else. Many video games and books have similar plotlines. I had to do re

There's no such thing as originality in many cases. Everything is based off of something else. Many video games and books have similar plotlines. I had to do research for CRM systems for a nonprofit and there's like over 100 of them. I'm sure they are all different in some way shape or form, but I don't know enough about CRM's to say anything here. There's a really good writeup of a european company called "Rocket" that does exactly this, it was mentioned in hackernews somewhere before https://www.wired.co.uk/article/inside-the-clone-factory https://www.wired.co.uk/article/inside-the-clone-factory I have an app idea I wish to pursue that doesn't yet exist, but its the merger between 2 common pieces of software in the market. Building it would be a huge time saver in things I struggle everyday, I imagine others would feel so as well. I couldn't find anything in any alternatives I've tried and tested.

octosphere 8y ago
Don't let the patent trolls read this comment. Whilst I agree that everything is borrowed and inspired from something else, there can still be blatant rip offs. If you're going to steal like this, at least change it a little bit so it's not a direct copy.
- Kagerjay 8y ago
  Everything about this app I want to build is going to be completely unique on the UX/UI interface, I had 15 pages of hand drawn sketches dedicated in just wireframing the UX. I lack some backend knowledge and some frontend technology as well, so its a long work in progress. I think, whenever we think of elevator pitches, people always say "Its Whatsapp with security(telegram)". Or its "Facebook for professionals (linkedin)". Its "Youtube for media professionals (vimeo)". Or its "Adobe Illustrator merged with Adobe Photoshop (Affinity Designer)". Or "Slack with VoIP and gaming (Discord)". Or "A chrome browser for Developers(Blisk)". Or "Pinterest for media professionals (Dribbble)". Everything derives from something else, but I agree with you everything needs to be unique. But at the end of the day everything is a CRUD app anyhow

octosphere 8y ago

Don't let the patent trolls read this comment. Whilst I agree that everything is borrowed and inspired from something else, there can still be blatant rip offs. If you're going to steal like this, at least change it a little bit so it's not a direct copy.

Kagerjay 8y ago
Everything about this app I want to build is going to be completely unique on the UX/UI interface, I had 15 pages of hand drawn sketches dedicated in just wireframing the UX. I lack some backend knowledge and some frontend technology as well, so its a long work in progress. I think, whenever we think of elevator pitches, people always say "Its Whatsapp with security(telegram)". Or its "Facebook for professionals (linkedin)". Its "Youtube for media professionals (vimeo)". Or its "Adobe Illustrator merged with Adobe Photoshop (Affinity Designer)". Or "Slack with VoIP and gaming (Discord)". Or "A chrome browser for Developers(Blisk)". Or "Pinterest for media professionals (Dribbble)". Everything derives from something else, but I agree with you everything needs to be unique. But at the end of the day everything is a CRUD app anyhow