Fraser is responding to the number of apps out there which:
- permit the viewing of photosets on Flickr
- permit the location element of photosets to be exploited
I don’t, however, think it’s fair to consider these apps to be ‘knock-offs’ because the concept was trivial when you took into consideration the number of location-aware services that you could build.
It’s not the first time I’ve seen this sentiment from ‘pioneers’ in the App Store and I daresay it will not be the last. I don’t think it’s fair, however. Would you consider the iPod a knock-off of other MP3 players (due to the result of the Creative lawsuit it would seem that a U.S. Judge thought it was.)
Look at the number of tip calculators, dice rollers, list managers? Are they all knockoffs of the first one?