Apple blocked the FlickType Watch keyboard then announced a clone of it

#1

Post by kilotaras » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:22 AM UTC

Re: Apple blocked the FlickType Watch keyboard then announced a clone of it

#2

Post by fareesh » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:28 AM UTC

I remember reading the founder's blog post about this, very unfortunate

#3

Post by anshumankmr » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:40 AM UTC

Wouldn’t it have been easier to have just acquired the keyboard app?

#4

Post by nikkinana » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:41 AM UTC

They got Sherlocked!

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Post by lolc » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:41 AM UTC

anshumankmr wrote: post #3

Wouldn’t it have been easier to have just acquired the keyboard app?

Maybe easier, but not necessarily cheaper.

#6

Post by nieve » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:42 AM UTC

anshumankmr wrote: post #3

Wouldn’t it have been easier to have just acquired the keyboard app?

IIRC they tried hard to push him into selling.

#7

Post by bobowzki » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:42 AM UTC

I believe "Sherlocked" is the term used.

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Post by thought_alarm » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:42 AM UTC

Alternatively, Apple prevented people from wasting their money on a feature that was about to be built into the OS.

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Post by Le_Dook » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:42 AM UTC

anshumankmr wrote: post #3

Wouldn’t it have been easier to have just acquired the keyboard app?

They tried several times but were turned down. They started blocking it around that time.

#10

Post by Loic » Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 11:43 AM UTC

iBooks was also a rip-off, let us kill the nice work of a developer.