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This is pretty much standard in the industry, isn't it? Nobody implements a feature from a competitor and says "hey, we copied this from X". Look at Android &
by ucaetano 8y ago
This is pretty much standard in the industry, isn't it?
Nobody implements a feature from a competitor and says "hey, we copied this from X".
Look at Android & iOS, with an eternal back-and-forth copying (notifications from Android->iOS, permissions from iOS->Android, etc.)
And coming up with the idea doesn't have to mean inventing the idea, it can simply be "why don't we implement this cool feature that someone else is using?".
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- perennate 8y agoBut there's a difference between merely copying an idea, and copying it and also publicly claiming you came up with it.
- EpicEng 8y agoThey literally claim to have come up with it on their own. It's the first sentence in the quote.
- asveikau 8y agoWe accept too much PR bullshit origin stories. If you find yourself coming up with a cutesy, exaggerated narrative of how a feature began, don't.
- scarejunba 8y agoI cannot find it in me to give a shit about glossy origin stories and I doubt most devs care.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- firloop 8y agoSurprisingly enough, when Instagram copied Snapchat's stories feature, they credited Snapchat. https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/02/silicon-copy/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/02/silicon-copy/