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This is already mitigated with copyright laws.

If a copycat is using your brand, you’ll have zero issue removing them from any App Store. If a copycat is just copying your app, well, that’s called a competitor.



Indie devs typically won’t have the resources to monitor and react to a constant flow of copycats.


No one copies small indie apps. Copying makes sense only with popular apps.

Also, web is very open ecosystem and phishing is a problem but for users and corporate, not for small devs


If it's a common issue, services for automatic multi-store deployment and checks like that will appear very soon.


And if the store is hosted outside of Europe? Just like how nobody can access the pirate bay?




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