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Earlier this month, a developer Hi Tools Studio earned free publicity by releasing an app that brings the full iOS 7 Control Center user experience to Android phones and tablets. And boy, is it a pixel-perfect copy of the headline iOS 7 capability, down to all of the included features and then some.
Now, the iPhone maker rarely files app complaints with Google so they could have just as easily turned a blind eye on this one had this particular developer not crossed the line so obviously. Hence, Apple has asked the Internet giant to pull the software on the basis of copyright violation…
According to a new report from BGR, which got hold of Google’s email message to the developer, the app got axed over its blatant similarities with Apple’s Control Center iOS 7 feature.
The application “Control Center†copies, without authorization, the “Control Center†feature of Apple’s iOS 7. Apple owns the copyright in its iOS software and each of the features thereof. The aforementioned application infringes Apple Inc.’s (“Appleâ€) copyright rights in the iOS 7 software.
Google’s application store isn’t curated, a decision that has backfired and turned Android into a malware-infested platform. In Google’s defense, the search monster does act on copyright claims accordingly and has removed infringing Play store apps before.
Control Center for Android devices is very similar to that in iOS 7, using Control Center on your Android device you will be able to quickly adjust brightness, increase/decrease the volume, open Wi-Fi and more…
But wait, here’s where the plot thickens.
While the original app is no longer available on Play store, Hi Tools Studio wasted no time and has now posted an updated version to Google’s non-curated application store
As you can see on the screenies and video above, the program remains a wholesale rip-off of Apple’s Control Center, down to carbon-copy replicas of Apple’s flattened iOS 7 user interface elements.
