[cableshaft]

> Exactly, even if you make something novel and win the indie lottery, it's going to be ripped off immediately.

Yep, see any of the 200+ Wordle clones and derivatives out there, only about two months after it went viral.

One of my video games has had at least five clones made that I'm aware of (probably several more than that), and it didn't have anywhere near the same success that a game like Wordle did.