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"there are already names for people who do that." Honest question: What name is that? (English is not my first language.) And since I cannot quite interpret t
by ckuehne 15y ago
"there are already names for people who do that."
Honest question: What name is that? (English is not my first language.)
And since I cannot quite interpret the tone of your comment I have to ask bluntly: Do you find it okay what the Samwers do?
- staunch 15y agoCopycat is the most unambiguous word I can think of.
- mode80 15y agoFor what it's worth, I'm a native English speaker and wondered the same things.
- pg 15y agoThe term I was thinking of is "knock-off artists." I don't like what they do. It's ok to take an existing idea and adapt it. E.g. to try to make a web-based version of a desktop app. But there is something contemptible about copying something so literally that you even copy the mistakes.
- intellectronica 15y agoIt does smell a bit funny, but in a way what they do is not just copy an app but rather create an international / European knock-off. They identified a weakness in the way American startups operate - concentrating on the American and/or English-speaking market for very long while neglecting the rest of the world, and they're taking advantage of that. Their business model would become obsolete if startups became better at addressing international markets.