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[–] gjoel@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does Google do that? Apple absolutely does it, but has Google ever done that?

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Apple used to straight up steal the idea of existing apps. Lately it seems they favor buyout, like with dark cloud becoming weather, but it used to be that Apple would randomly swoop in and crush developers by creating a first party version of their app.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, Sherlocking

Though at least sometimes an idea seems somewhat obvious