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by atomicdog 5239 days ago
They're not doing that, making a genuine clone and undercutting the competition is 100% okay (unless you're one of those pesky PIPA-supporting types)

What these guys are doing is generally making a 20minute game such as pong and including a gallery of, say, Minecraft screenshots in the app. They then market the app in such a way that's designed to trick users into thinking they're purchasing Minecraft, when they're actually just purchasing a gallery of Minecraft screenshots.

Case in point: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/eclipsecraft/id492415390?mt=8