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This site is a rip off of the work that macrumors has been doing for several years. See: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ A
by ghshephard 14y ago
This site is a rip off of the work that macrumors has been doing for several years.
See: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/
At the very least they should provide a credits link somewhere on their page.
- calebegg 14y agoYes. Also, the MacRumors version shows all the data, which can be really revealing. For instance, the progression of cycle length on the Mac Pro vs other products.
- flrpsrmblrb 14y agoBut this one uses trendy colors and has a ".io" domain! Who cares if it contains less information!
- wingerlang 14y agoAm I am missing something really "ripoffy" like stealing code, images or similar data? If yes, sure credit should be due. If no, why should they give credit?
- anti-pattern 14y agoActually, the entire reason I made this site was because I thought the way MacRumors visualized the data wasn't very good. If they had done a better job, I wouldn't have needed to make this. As for credit... what should I be crediting them for? I'm just collecting a list of dates and then visualizing the data.
- ghshephard 14y agoA simple link at the bottom saying, "inspired by macrumors.com buyers guide" would go a long way towards giving credit to the original concept. You can even even embed the url, so it's just a small font, "inspired by" to keep the page clean.