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Comment by guelo | Hacker News Reader

Copying a design is not necessarily illegal or "dirty". The benefits to consumers and society of companies mimicking each other can be huge.

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So this was an altruistic theft? I thought it was to steal money from confused consumers with an inferior product.

I said nothing about altruism. Do you understand how it is that competition under capitalism benefits consumers while reducing corporations' profits?

That's not what steal means.

In a world where everything ill-gotten is 'stolen' we end up with this:

  steal money from confused consumers

If a con-artist convinces you to give him/her your money in return for something that is a lie, it's called fraud.

If a con-artist gets close to you to learn the combination to your bank vault, and then absconds with your cash, it's called stealing.

Sometimes it seems like we're watching the language as it spirals towards Newspeak.

No one is confused. It says 'Samsung Galaxy Tab', right on the box, along with a Samsung logo on the tablet. The only way it could be confusing is with a salesperson using phrases such as 'basically the same', which could lead people to purchasing the wrong one.

It's not like the Chinese iPad clones which come with the same box design, the same style logo and a big apple on the back of them, it's Samsung selling a product, which out of necessity, has similar design features.

Confused consumers? Seriously, what kind of drugs are these Apple fanboys taking. I want some of them?

Talk about a reality distortion field.

You ever met someone with a galaxy tab, and hear thm claiming they have an Apple iPad?

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