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932 points sohzm | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 02:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.255s | source
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buremba ◴[04 Jul 25 11:57 UTC] No.44463757[source]▶
The clone now has more stars on GitHub than the original work, CheatingDaddy. What's funny is that in a week, most likely nobody will remember that the code was stolen, thus Pickle will probably be fine with their new, shiny, popular project, which will be featured in GitHub Trends.

It's the same with another Soham, who was moonlighting for years. I would not be surprised if he starts a company soon, given the fame he has gained.

Marketing wins.

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tom_m ◴[04 Jul 25 14:29 UTC] No.44464882[source]▶
It's all about marketing sadly. Marketing and connections. This industry has been full of theft for years.
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1. jasonm23 ◴[06 Jul 25 10:08 UTC] No.44479360[source]▶
If it weren't Alan Kay would be a household name and Jobs would've crashed out, Microsoft would've been a never been and amazing Xerox would be the tech juggernaut instead of copier washout.

Truly a strange world.