there is a guy in Berkeley who made a certain ultra-high precision app for the iPhone.. meticulous detail, great graphic design.. endorsed by a photographer for National Geographic (a big deal in the USA and elsewhere)
Someone xxxchinaxxx copied his app exactly, with fewer features but all his layout, and advertised it heavily somehow.. after months, the clone was more popular on the Apple app store - also unclear what that means..
That was the last software written by this smart, careful and hard working guy that I know of.. had to "get a job" with a local union doing non-software stuff due to health care and retirement (over 40) considerations. There is no respect or social safety net here (California), based on this real example.
Someone xxxchinaxxx copied his app exactly, with fewer features but all his layout, and advertised it heavily somehow.. after months, the clone was more popular on the Apple app store - also unclear what that means..
That was the last software written by this smart, careful and hard working guy that I know of.. had to "get a job" with a local union doing non-software stuff due to health care and retirement (over 40) considerations. There is no respect or social safety net here (California), based on this real example.