Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
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Re: Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
#2apple sucks.
Re: Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
#3> In 2009, Apple sent a letter of rejection to popular app developer Tapbots -- the makers of Tweetbot and other iOS apps -- saying the clock icon the company used in its pocket converter application looked too much like the icon used in Apple's own telephone app.
Yes the appropriate response to Apple's ridiculous actions is to act in the same manor. /s
Rather than pointing out hypocrisy, how about pointing out how EVERYTHING is a copy of everything before it in design. That is a constructive position, this is just inflammatory.
Re: Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
#4They also copied the look of Braun's classic calculator and tape deck designs for their calculator and podcasts apps.
Is this particular instance copying? Yes.
Will it affect the popularity of said designs in a positive manner? Probably.
Will they sell more of their $400 clock (see: http://www.momastore.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDi...) as a result? I'd guess at yes.
So, in any case, they sell more clocks, or if they litigate and win, they get a license fee out of Apple. So getting copied by Apple has a downside where?
Re: Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
#5apple sucks.
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Re: Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
#6I'm as hopeful that Apple gets served its own medicine like the next guy, but this seems more like a common sense design rather than a copy.
In fact, I once made a mechanical clock that looks virtually identical to the iOS example and this was years before iOS was unleashed on the world. It's just thick lines and thin lines thrown together. The hands aren't even tapered like the Mondaine's.
This seems like a desperate grasp from Apple critics, why don't they go after more obvious examples, like the pull-down menus they borrowed from Android?
Heck, I don't even see all this "stealing" to and fro as a bad thing, but rather paradigms moving forward.
Edit: some people pointed out the red line, which this color-deficient, sleep-deprived person failed to notice. But still, doesn't this fall more under homage than rip off?
Re: Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
#7> In 2009, Apple sent a letter of rejection to popular app developer Tapbots -- the makers of Tweetbot and other iOS apps -- saying the clock icon the company used in its pocket converter application looked too much like the icon used in Apple's own telephone app. Yes the appropriate response to Apple's ridiculous actions is to act in the same manor. /s Rather than pointing out hypocrisy, how about pointing out how E…
To be fair, that wasn't a case of plagiarism. The app wasn't rejected because it "copied" their icon, but because it used a familiar icon with a different meaning, potentially confusing users. They are just following good UI guidelines, although overzealously.
Re: Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
#8I'm as hopeful that Apple gets served its own medicine like the next guy, but this seems more like a common sense design rather than a copy. In fact, I once made a mechanical clock that looks virtually identical to the iOS example and this was years before iOS was unleashed on the world. It's just thick lines and thin lines thrown together. The hands aren't even tapered like the Mondaine's. This seems like a desperat…
It's the red circle on the second hand that clinches it.
It's not identical though, the minute markers are thinner, and the minute hand doesn't reach all the way to the rim.
That said, how many way are there already to design a clock?
Re: Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
#9They also copied the look of Braun's classic calculator and tape deck designs for their calculator and podcasts apps. Is this particular instance copying? Yes. Will it affect the popularity of said designs in a positive manner? Probably. Will they sell more of their $400 clock (see: http://www.momastore.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDi... ) as a result? I'd guess at yes. So, in any case, they sell more clocks,…
Not sure if you're trolling but, obviously, Apple is not paying any license fees for this: “An SBB spokesman told Tages-Anzeiger that he was pleased Apple was using the design, but noted that the company was not authorized to do so.” I don't think anyone would claim there are any downsides, as long as Apple pays SBB what SBB feels is reasonable to authorize Apple to use SBB's design.
Re: Apple accused of ripping off famous Swiss clock design
#10Apple also stole the idea from the bite out of the apple from Genesis. (The Bible, not Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel.)