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“Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Xatolos@reddthat.com⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03/more-than-a-clone-this-viral-ios-game-allegedly-committed-wholesale-code-theft/

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  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.”

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    • egrets@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The ripoff artist made $42,0000.00

      Not quite that much ;)

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    • Xatolos@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Image

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  • tiramichu@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lots of great money to be made in theft, apparently.

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