“Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft (arstechnica.com)
from Xatolos@reddthat.com to games@lemmy.world on 07 Mar 08:04
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tiramichu@lemm.ee on 07 Mar 08:29 next collapse

Lots of great money to be made in theft, apparently.

MajorHavoc@programming.dev on 07 Mar 12:37 collapse

Misleading title -looks like all assets, functionality, and code were stolen, not just some HTML.

20,000 downloads at $3

The ripoff artist made $42,0000.00. Apple made $18,000.00.

The original creator made ~$2,000.00, after TikTok comments pointed people to the original.

And

“Apple encourages the parties to a dispute to work directly with one another to resolve the claim.”

Apple facilitated theft, and owes this developer $60,000.00 if they lose in court. But they know they don’t have to lose in court, because they can spend $6,000,000.00 or more on lawyers, forever, to set a precedent to discourage others from suing.

egrets@lemmy.world on 07 Mar 12:46 next collapse

The ripoff artist made $42,0000.00

Not quite that much ;)

Xatolos@reddthat.com on 07 Mar 16:31 collapse