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Developer Accuses Apple Of Stealing His Breathe App (www.bgr.in)

Posted by msmash on from the fake-it-till-you-make-it dept.

On Monday at its Worldwide Developer's Conference, Apple announced a new app called Breathe as one of the new headline features for watchOS 3, the latest version of its operating system for Apple Watch. The health-centric app reminds users to take a moment and breathe. But was it company's own idea? App developer Ben Erez is accusing Apple of stealing features from his app. What's worse, he adds that the company even used the same name for its app. Erez tells BGR India in a statement: We've had the same concept, same spelling, same functionality in the App store for phone and watch for over a year. We built the app because the existing mindfulness apps were insufficient in that they all focus on intense sessions of 5-20 minutes, once per day. We wanted a mindfulness experience that was felt throughout the day in smaller bits.

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  1. Re:Moral of the story... by Shakrai · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come up with an original app that Apple is less likely to steal and claim as its own.

    Obligatory.

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  2. Re: F'ing useless app by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree - the health benefits of breathing are indisputable!

  3. Think by Pascoea · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have an idea. It's a new app called "think". Every hour it reminds you to stop and think. That way when you are writing a piece of shit app, your watch will alert you to stop and think "do I really need an app to remind me to breathe?"

    We can have ones called "shit", "drink", "eat", and "fuck", that way you don't forget about any of the other basic human needs.

    1. Re:Think by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I have an even better idea. It's called "Watch". Every hour it reminds you to stop and watch your wrist, stare at your watch. That way you can remember how much money you wasted on a watch.

  4. Re: F'ing useless app by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, right. I'm going to prove you all wrong. I'm going to stop breathing right now.

    Hum okay, I have to admit it's a bit uncomfortable.

    Actually, this is getting quite painful.

    I guess you guys were right aft

  5. Re: F'ing useless app by mbeckman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Both Apple and the whiner stole the idea from God, who created the original app to remind us to breathe. It's called Death..

  6. Re:Moral of the story... by msauve · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I don't think Apple will steal any of my fart apps."

    The perfect antagonist to the Breathe app.

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