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Economically, I can understand that people start to copy concepts and transfer good ideas into their homecountry. That´s nothing new - you can find that across
by jermaink 14y ago
Economically, I can understand that people start to copy concepts and transfer good ideas into their homecountry. That´s nothing new - you can find that across human history and it was often connected to progress. Basically, copycats act like spice merchants in late centuries. They scout for some new spices and try to find out if they can match or create demand in other regions of the world.
However, what I really dislike is when people also start copy the look and feel of the innovator´s website. I think we should apply the same moral values to startup ideas as we do in science: That implies to create your own work, not to rephrase and to mention the original source. This piece might be missing in the system.
- tomp 14y agoWhat do you mean? iSettle's and Square's websites look just as much alike as any recent startups'...
- jermaink 14y agoHonestly, I tend to say that the website clearly shows a lot (!) of elements and interactions that are derived from Square. And it does not look like a co-existent happenstance.
- trin_ 14y agocertain product-websites tend to converge ... not because noone is creative but they work. there's absolutely no sense for them to create a totally different page that may not work as good just because they want to be different.
- quarterto 14y agoWhile the giant image slideshow of the product in use is a bit egregious, the rest of the site has a totally different look and feel.