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Apple is "involved" in the same way that the city government is "involved" when someone steals your car and drives off down the street with it. I sympathize wi
by jgeorge 12y ago
Apple is "involved" in the same way that the city government is "involved" when someone steals your car and drives off down the street with it.
I sympathize with your son's situation, but starting out with "Apple involved." just makes me think your initial interest is seeing how much you could sue Apple for because some developer released a clone of your son's game. App cloning happens all the time. It sucks, but it's no more Apple's responsibility than it is that the city didn't stop the car thief from driving off with your car.
The developer is apparently UK based, so if there's any way you think they could have seen your son's game and cloned it in a month, you're free to complain to Apple and see if they'll pull the game, but beyond that I don't think they have any responsibility to help you at all.
I'm sorry for your son's rapid experience to learn that there are people out there who clone apps to make money off of someone's work. He should go have lunch with Dong Nguyen and Gabrielle Cirulli, they'll have something to chat about.
BTW, if you're on the "lawyer up" warpath, don't forget Google too for another fat purse to poke at. No Brakes is in the Play store as well.
- Spoom 12y agoDon't get me wrong, I don't think Apple or Google owe money here; I think OP should pursue the cloned game developer.
- jgeorge 12y agoOh, I'm not disagreeing with you in the least. Lawyering up may be the right thing to do, but going after a developer cloning apps for the in-app ad revenue isn't usually worth the effort. The original post had the distinct smell of chum around the edges, and thats what generated the harshess of my response, not your comment!
- mangoleaf 12y agoOP here. You weren't harsh. You had a clear point and made it. If someone's on HN, I value his thoughts.
- mangoleaf 12y agoOP here. First of all, thank you [and everyone here] for adding your thoughts. The goal of using hyperbole in the title was twofold: 1. hope to get out of the slush pile of "new" 2. someone might have specific knowledge of a similar situation wrt apple. Even with the click-bait title, it just BARELY got out of slush with 3 votes. Neither Apple nor Google are complicit, but they might have gone down this road before and have suggestions. My son releases his music through them so targeting them would make even less sense. [he's currently making car-payment/mo. on the music] re: cloned it in a month. We were there and wondering why some people were taking copious photos. Also, they stripped out all of the artistry, and music [all made by son], and just boiled it down to basics. So yes, a month is feasible. Again, thank you.