I have to wonder why he's so concerned about the clone. From the responses in the thread, the problem seems to be that the copycat implements the same features,

I have to wonder why he's so concerned about the clone. From the responses in the thread, the problem seems to be that the copycat implements the same features, but at a lower quality. As a developer, this is a problem that I'd love to have. It'd allow me to compare and contrast my product against the copycat and show how my implementations are more polished and usable than the competition.