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Except that the App industry is not a direct profit maker for Apple at all. It is an ecosystem that boosts hardware sales. What matters is not the number of app
by gurkendoktor 15y ago
Except that the App industry is not a direct profit maker for Apple at all. It is an ecosystem that boosts hardware sales. What matters is not the number of apps or the cash handed out to developers, it is end-user happiness. That's what leads to such seemingly incoherent decisions.
Anecdotally, the apps with good ratings that I saw in the App Store charts have never been rip-offs.
- throwaway64 15y agoDefine "ripoff", angry birds is a rehash of a concept that has been very popular in flash games since pre-2000.
- gurkendoktor 15y agoWas the Flash game called "Disgruntled Ducks" and featured blue boars as the enemies? If yes, then it would be comparable to the OP. As far as I can see this is not about protecting gameplay concepts, rather than brands.