people ripping people off and slop cloning shit and selling it off as theirs and just simply releasing mediocre products doesn't surprise me at all what surprises me are people who consume/pay/praise the mediocrity i don't think i'll ever understand how so many people have such a low bar for quality and taste this is true in every industry music, food, fashion, literature, etc

Nov 8, 2026 · 8:01 PM UTC

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especially the praise part imagine looking up to a fraud like, that's your inspiration
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was literally drafting a blog post on this. i think it stems from how exploitative it is. when someone doesn't know a field, all they have to go off is price and hype. if a fraud charges enough and markets it well, the layman will take it as gospel. fitness is another example. the same cookie cutter course gets sold over and over, but when it comes from a popular figure it makes millions. i don't think it can be stopped. the only real fix is people learning enough to see the gap for themselves.
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good points, i think i pretty much agree with everything you said
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That is nothing, there are people charging for BYOK
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*cough* TinyCast *cough* Hate to see people supporting an app that’s blatantly ripping off the hard work of legitimate teams
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Yeah, it's just now in software as well =/
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Surprised more people don’t talk about this, considering how prominent it is right now.
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Yup. Wonder how these guys selling JOS (or what it was called) are doing…
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when ignorance is bliss - only the floor is the limit .. and that's not certain
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Not surprising at all. Has always been the case in pretty much every industry.
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Happened in ecom as well and will keep happening till the end of time
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Sadly it works in both ways... For every person that cares about the craft / quality there's one who just doesn't care and just seeks for the fastest, cheapest way to get somewhere.
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at least you're doing a launcher, not an email client :))
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cheap shortcuts sell because most buyers ignore the work behind solid products. hence the clones flood
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It really comes down to whether or not you care about a subject. For example, if you are passionate about programming, writing, or photography, you study and dig deep into them. The more you immerse yourself, the more refined your taste becomes. If you happen to find mid-century furniture beautiful, you might fill your house with it, only for a friend to dismiss the pieces as fake knockoffs. Do you see the similarity?
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A successful product is always known for its root. And you know that what you have there, you are the only root. Other than that, all others are just gone, and your roots are almost stronger. Nobody can cut it off
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that's why storytelling and distribution need to be tailored and fast the first's gonna take it all
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A clone copies every screen you shipped and none of the hundred things you said no to.
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people just want to pay cheaper for something they love. they forget the downsides of relying on an app that has a fragile infra behind it. lol
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does it really surprise you? people don’t want to take the time and effort to really know something. they judge from what they see, what’s superficial
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In large part due to product discovery and not knowing what you don’t know, no? If I don’t know that what I’m using is mediocre, or even just one of a whole category of products, I’m happy to consume/pay/even praise.
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I don't get why there's just so much hate about reliable, dependable, amazing products that are, in all due respects, very affordable per month
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I think most people don’t know what is quality because they never taste it. If you only consume free / cheap products, you don’t develop sensibility for what is mediocre.
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