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https://w1.pixelcdn.net/assets/images/pixelfed-app-feed.png https://w1.pixelcdn.net/assets/images/pixelfed-app-feed.png Well the UI looks exactly like Instagra

https://w1.pixelcdn.net/assets/images/pixelfed-app-feed.png https://w1.pixelcdn.net/assets/images/pixelfed-app-feed.png Well the UI looks exactly like Instagram

jeroenhd 4y ago
Does it? It looks like a generic photo sharing app to me. The iconography is different, the UI controls in the top are different and the list of faces at the top of the page are gone. The only matching icons I can see are the heart shape (hardly original) and the speech bubble for commenting (also hardly original). For a company shamelessly copying from other apps, it's quite silly for Instagram to send a cease and desist letter to Pixelfed.
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- esperent 4y ago
  > It looks like a generic photo sharing app to me. Is this the tech version of the Seinfeld Effect? https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunny https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunn...
- lelandfe 4y ago
  > The only matching icons I can see are the heart shape (hardly original) and the speech bubble for commenting (also hardly original). Nearly everything I’m seeing was pretty clearly cribbed from IG‘s UI throughout the years. You can see more similarities in this 2016 screenshot: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/05/11/instagram-redesigns-iphone-app/ https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/05/11/instagram-redesigns... And their use of the navigator icon for discover is also a play on an even older IG interface. Dunno if it’s enough for a suit but it’s pretty, uh, direct.
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    > Nearly everything I’m seeing was pretty clearly cribbed from IG‘s UI throughout the years. It's a little rich for Instagram to complain about UX theft, given Stories (Snapchat) and Reels (TikTok).
  - JimDabell 4y ago
    > And their use of the navigator icon for discover is also a play on an even older IG interface. You mean the Safari icon, that is just a picture of a compass? Not sure Instagram can lay claim to that.

https://w1.pixelcdn.net/assets/images/pixelfed-app-feed.png https://w1.pixelcdn.net/assets/images/pixelfed-app-feed.png Well the UI looks exactly like Instagram

jeroenhd 4y ago

Does it? It looks like a generic photo sharing app to me. The iconography is different, the UI controls in the top are different and the list of faces at the top of the page are gone. The only matching icons I can see are the heart shape (hardly original) and the speech bubble for commenting (also hardly original). For a company shamelessly copying from other apps, it's quite silly for Instagram to send a cease and desist letter to Pixelfed.

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esperent 4y ago
> It looks like a generic photo sharing app to me. Is this the tech version of the Seinfeld Effect? https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunny https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunn...
lelandfe 4y ago
> The only matching icons I can see are the heart shape (hardly original) and the speech bubble for commenting (also hardly original). Nearly everything I’m seeing was pretty clearly cribbed from IG‘s UI throughout the years. You can see more similarities in this 2016 screenshot: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/05/11/instagram-redesigns-iphone-app/ https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/05/11/instagram-redesigns... And their use of the navigator icon for discover is also a play on an even older IG interface. Dunno if it’s enough for a suit but it’s pretty, uh, direct.
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  > Nearly everything I’m seeing was pretty clearly cribbed from IG‘s UI throughout the years. It's a little rich for Instagram to complain about UX theft, given Stories (Snapchat) and Reels (TikTok).
- JimDabell 4y ago
  > And their use of the navigator icon for discover is also a play on an even older IG interface. You mean the Safari icon, that is just a picture of a compass? Not sure Instagram can lay claim to that.