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This is a blatant copy of my web app Hacker Newspaper. http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2011/11/imitation-is-sincer...
How many unique visitors do you get per day?
HNP is a popular if niche app.
Meanwhile, it doesn't make a whit of difference to the larger issue.
I truly believe that the onus is on you to Google the name you want to use before you launch. Heck, just to make sure there isn't competition - much less something with the same name. That isn't good for either of you.
Perhaps you should strongly consider changing the name of your application.
This is a blatant copy of my web app Hacker Newspaper. http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2011/11/imitation-is-sincer...
Feel free to email me at sam@sammcd.com if you would like to discuss this more. I just want to say that I did not use your app as a source at all when designing my app, but I did use newspapers.
This is a blatant copy of my web app Hacker Newspaper. http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2011/11/imitation-is-sincer...
1. Your web app is close to, if not already, dead: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-may-let-hacker-ne...
2. So what if this guy was inspired by your app? Who doesn't do research before implementing an idea?
3. Your most persuasive evidence--the header font--appears to be the most unpopular aspect of the app, judging by the comments, and so will probably be changed shortly, anyway.
4. The developer is not in direct competition with your project, as he didn't even code it for the same platform (yes, an iPad can browse the web, but yours was not, specifically, an iPad app).
It reminds me of the talk about how obvious the iPhone UI is, such that Google wasn’t copying iPhone but just proceeding along “obvious” lines. Yet, it seems that they were busy proceeding along the obvious line of imitating Blackberry until the iPhone became a hit, then they were proceeding along the obvious line of imitating an iPhone.
The author of this work seems to be saying that he did this entirely independently. I am prepared to accept his word for that, which is why I use the word “unfortunate.” There are so many truly new and novel things to invent, it is a great shame that two smart people put work into inventing the same thing instead of giving birth to two different ideas.
This is a blatant copy of my web app Hacker Newspaper. http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2011/11/imitation-is-sincer...
I understand that it is frustrating to you to feel that someone may have been inspired by some aspects of your project. However, I think it's important to consider a few things for perspective: 1. Your web app is close to, if not already, dead: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-may-let-hacker-ne... 2. So what if this guy was inspired by your app? Who doesn't do research before implementing an idea? 3. Your m…
This is a blatant copy of my web app Hacker Newspaper. http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2011/11/imitation-is-sincer...
I understand that it is frustrating to you to feel that someone may have been inspired by some aspects of your project. However, I think it's important to consider a few things for perspective: 1. Your web app is close to, if not already, dead: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-may-let-hacker-ne... 2. So what if this guy was inspired by your app? Who doesn't do research before implementing an idea? 3. Your m…