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January 12, 2022 01:31 am
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/11/22879295/wordle-clones-app-store-removal-online-backlash-copycats
The Wordle clones have disappeared from the App Store
Has Apple taken action against apps that cloned the popular web game Wordle? They have now disappeared from the App Store, after several publications (including The Verge) called out a flood of copycats so blatant as to be named “Wordle” and that featured the same gameplay and UI, each taking advantage of the fact that developer Josh Wardle didn’t create an Apple app of his own. While we’re still seeing a few clones on the App Store, they don’t use the Wordle name.
The clone apps had a spotlight shone on them today, when one developer started bragging about how many downloads his version of Wordle was getting. Following some intense backlash from the community, he set his account to private, but people had already started finding many...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/11/22879295/wordle-clones-app-store-removal-online-backlash-copycats
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