๐ Sherlocking continues: Apple's interest is a 'kiss of death' to small technology firms
๐ก Newskategorie: iOS / Mac OS
๐ Quelle: appleinsider.com
Apple insists that it develops or acquires all its own technology, but a new report is just now noticing that multiple companies have been courted by the company, then seen their work duplicated.
Software developers have long known of what's become called Sherlocking. Named after one prominent example of the process, it's used to describe the situation where Apple releases something that effectively kills off a smaller company's business.That can often be that a third-party developer has produced something that is actually a natural extension of what Apple is already doing. It can be that Apple was always going to do whatever it is, but allegedly it can also be that Apple has deliberately set out to copy another firm.Read more...