Ripping off Flappy Bird: the murky world of app cloning

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Flappy Bird is gone, but its influence remains. The overnight hit disappeared from App Stores nearly a week ago, but search for "Flappy Bird" on an online jobs site today and you'll get dozens of hits.
None of these listings are for opportunities to work on the actual Flappy Bird, of course. Instead, they are job ads from companies and cash-seeking entrepreneurs seeking to get rich quick with their own version.
It's a fact of the mobile industry that whenever a successful game comes along, dozens of clones aren't far behind. It's a gold rush for those who can code - or who can afford to pay a coder - to get the job done and a copy released as quickly as possible.
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