I’m curious, what exactly is the problem with this? Does Apple have copyrights on the whole design or each individual visual element? Where would figma get in trouble if they left it working that way?
Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App
Submitted 5 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to technology@beehaw.org
https://www.404media.co/figma-disables-ai-app-design-tool-after-it-copied-apples-weather-app/
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perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Ephera@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I’m not a lawyer, I could imagine that a copyright claim for a specific app design is viable.
But in this case, it might also just be a case of avoiding bad press and bad blood with Apple.conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 5 months ago
Could it be a fear of a software patent relating to the design? Back in the day Apple had one for swipe to unlock that prompted Android to use different patterns.
kinttach@lemm.ee 5 months ago
It’s a PR issue not a legal one.
perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yah. ALl of this makes me think it’s crazy for a company like Figma to even try this. If the designs don’t steal from well known brand, people will say they suck. If they do steal, they get booed as well. Losing proposition, it seems to me.
jarfil@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Apple has copyrights on the looks of every element, and patents on the way they interact.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 5 months ago
[deleted]jarfil@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Some apps have multiple pages, some have a map, some show different timespans of weather predictions with different data, some show photos of places, some allow selecting multiple places but show them differently, some show maritime weather, and so on.
There is a limited amount of creativity, but a properly “creative” AI, should not keep repeating the same design pattern over and over.
PrimeErective@startrek.website 5 months ago
Figma balls
podperson@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Gottttteeeeeeem
drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 5 months ago
This is the only thing I can think when I see that name.