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This... doesn't seem that bad? They checked out the app, took a few screenshots (23, hardly earth-shattering), and built their own version. The creator of Foot

by jrh206 8y ago

This... doesn't seem that bad? They checked out the app, took a few screenshots (23, hardly earth-shattering), and built their own version. The creator of Footpath thinks Strava's version isn't very good, so they clearly haven't copied the actual algorithm, just taken inspiration from the idea (which is arguably not that novel).

xenihn 8y ago
As someone who has had a huge company copy something that I made, just some credit would have been nice. It was part of a job application that I submitted to them (I didn't get the position). It still bothers me that millions of people have enjoyed something that I came up with, but I'll never be credited. On top of that, someone working at the company got credit and praise when it wasn't even their concept to begin with. I know that credit/acknowledgement can't be given due to legal issues, but the average person isn't going to be able to afford to fight legally. Even if they could afford it, they would have no legal legs to stand on. It would be pure spite litigation.
- usrusr 8y ago
  I have no idea how widely known footpath was before this "incident", but they certainly got exposure. E.g. me, I never heard of footpath before, the first time I stumbled over this draw&match method of route planning was with the release of the Sigma Rox 12 bike GPS, apparently long after footpath implemented it and only few months earlier than the Strava version.
  - NegativeLatency 8y ago
    As the saying goes: you can die from exposure.
- hartator 8y ago
  name shaming
  - xenihn 8y ago
    They were recently in the media for sexism/bro culture. I'm surprised what they do with the work submitted by design applicants (which you admittedly sign over all rights to, perfectly legal) didn't come up at the same time, since I'm sure plenty of women have had their work used with no credit.
  - myWindoonn 8y ago
    Demonstrating poor mind-reading skills, I'm guessing that this is Riot Games and that the design questions on the interview were related to creating new in-game content for League of Legends.
    - xenihn 8y ago
      Ding ding ding Questions is an understatement, that shit was a full design doc. Mine was about 15 pages long.
megy 8y ago
> took a few screenshots (23, hardly earth-shattering) Are you saying there is a number of screenshots that would be earth-shattering?

by jrh206 8y ago

xenihn 8y ago

As someone who has had a huge company copy something that I made, just some credit would have been nice. It was part of a job application that I submitted to them (I didn't get the position). It still bothers me that millions of people have enjoyed something that I came up with, but I'll never be credited. On top of that, someone working at the company got credit and praise when it wasn't even their concept to begin with. I know that credit/acknowledgement can't be given due to legal issues, but the average person isn't going to be able to afford to fight legally. Even if they could afford it, they would have no legal legs to stand on. It would be pure spite litigation.

usrusr 8y ago
I have no idea how widely known footpath was before this "incident", but they certainly got exposure. E.g. me, I never heard of footpath before, the first time I stumbled over this draw&match method of route planning was with the release of the Sigma Rox 12 bike GPS, apparently long after footpath implemented it and only few months earlier than the Strava version.
- NegativeLatency 8y ago
  As the saying goes: you can die from exposure.
hartator 8y ago
name shaming
- xenihn 8y ago
  They were recently in the media for sexism/bro culture. I'm surprised what they do with the work submitted by design applicants (which you admittedly sign over all rights to, perfectly legal) didn't come up at the same time, since I'm sure plenty of women have had their work used with no credit.
- myWindoonn 8y ago
  Demonstrating poor mind-reading skills, I'm guessing that this is Riot Games and that the design questions on the interview were related to creating new in-game content for League of Legends.
  - xenihn 8y ago
    Ding ding ding Questions is an understatement, that shit was a full design doc. Mine was about 15 pages long.

megy 8y ago

> took a few screenshots (23, hardly earth-shattering) Are you saying there is a number of screenshots that would be earth-shattering?