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“Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/games
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

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 12 points 4 days ago

The ripoff artist made $42,0000.00

Not quite that much ;)