Comment by curtainsforus
5 years ago
Would very many HN'ers get up in arms about someone copying an iphone? It's not like apple needs more profit.
5 years ago
Would very many HN'ers get up in arms about someone copying an iphone? It's not like apple needs more profit.
I guess the only reply I can really give you would be my opinion. So here it is: In my opinion most HN'ers would be up in arms if it were, say, a Chinese company doing something that might possibly maybe be kinda a copy of a design. Though I doubt we would see any arms if it were one of the hundreds of situation where Apple have copied features or design elements. So in short: If a big US company does it it's mostly okay on HN but if a Chinese (or Russian) company does the same it is a bad bad no no. In my opinion.
Not a popular opinion on a mostly US site, I know, but as you can likely guess I'm not American (or Chinese or Russian for that matter).