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Imagine being terrified that your app will become popular. If Apple decides to copy you, that story alone would be worth it.

• Apocryphon 3y ago
  > a company called Karelia Software had a $29 search app named Watson with some better features like plug-ins for improved internet search. In 2002, Apple released Sherlock 3 with features similar to Watson, making Karelia’s app redundant and eventually forcing the company to close down. Yeah, the employees of Karelia really thought the story more worthwhile than their livelihoods.
  • Kiro 3y ago
    Still better than not making Watson at all. The point is that if you're "terrified" of being copied or sherlocked, you probably have no shot at it to begin with.
    • Apocryphon 3y ago
      Still not "worth" "the story alone". I think terror is too strong a reaction, but "discouraged" sounds about right.