John

I’m cooking Shopify apps and other stuff

[John @john_mccain__]

🚨 The "Built for Shopify" badge is broken. It’s currently being used to legitimize blatant app clones and toxic partners.

I just watched a competitor steal my UI, clone my app's name, and get rewarded with a BFS badge by an automated system.

A thread on how the App Store is failing indie devs 🧵👇 @ShopifyPartners @ShopifySupport

[John @john_mccain__]

@appstoretracker This guy is at 20k$ a month, he made a YouTube video about it

[John @john_mccain__]

@teslascope @Tesla It’s loading forever

[John @john_mccain__]

@fraxool Unusable @liam_at_shopify

[John @john_mccain__]

@RapiHodler Welcome in the club 🙋‍♂️👋

[John @john_mccain__]

@christophersaum Got hundreds of sales already : https://t.co/V2Vixn8hRI

[John @john_mccain__]

@AlexHooper78640 I know ! It’s insane

[John @john_mccain__]

🚨 The "Built for Shopify" badge is broken. It’s currently being used to legitimize blatant app clones and toxic partners.

I just watched a competitor steal my UI, clone my app's name, and get rewarded with a BFS badge by an automated system.

A thread on how the App Store is failing indie devs 🧵👇 @ShopifyPartners @ShopifySupport

[John @john_mccain__]

@malisauskasLT Yep Shopify don’t care

[John @john_mccain__]

@powl_d Pas mal Émilien il est fort en responsive design

[John @john_mccain__]

@daedalium J’ai une idée pour toi, tu investis l’argent des autres mais au lieu de l’investir, tu voles l’argent et tu fais croire que tu l’as investi

[John @john_mccain__]

@heymantle What the actual fuck

[John @john_mccain__]

🚨 The "Built for Shopify" badge is broken. It’s currently being used to legitimize blatant app clones and toxic partners.

I just watched a competitor steal my UI, clone my app's name, and get rewarded with a BFS badge by an automated system.

A thread on how the App Store is failing indie devs 🧵👇 @ShopifyPartners @ShopifySupport

[John @john_mccain__]

To my fellow Shopify devs: I know I'm not the only one. If you’ve had your app cloned, your UI stolen, or been stuck in endless support loops while bad actors win, SPEAK UP.

Drop your stories in the replies. Quote this tweet. Let's expose how broken the review system has become so @Shopify is forced to fix it. @liam_at_shopify @charlesmdp @PamaEcom

[John @john_mccain__]

I tried to play by the rules. I submitted Trade Dress reports and Partner Code of Conduct forms multiple times.

The result? Endless automated loops from Tier 1 support telling me they are "unable to identify" the issue and to "resubmit the form". Nobody is looking at the evidence.

[Charles Password ✪ @charlesmdp]

I filed a DMCA complaint against a copycat (1 to 1) of my app, and @Shopify's response was:

"We are unable to take action as the reported content is not hosted by Shopify."

But this is a Shopify app embed. It's built for Shopify. It's listed in the Shopify ecosystem and is supposed to meet Shopify BFS's standards.

To be clear: I'm all for competition. I'm all for other developers taking inspiration from existing products, building similar features, and improving them with their own twist. That's how software evolves.

What I'm not okay with is a straight copy-paste.

The entire app is a copy-paste of Cowlendar.

For this DMCA, I was honestly lazy and only attached six screenshots. In reality, every single screen in their app is a clone of ours. The only places where the products differ are where we've since updated Cowlendar. If I dig up old commits, I can show that their app matched ours screen-for-screen.

What's even more surprising is that some of their screenshots appear to have been taken directly from our app. They're showcasing features they don't even have.

I repeat : inside their app, there are screenshot of MY app showcasing features they don't have.

How does this pass review, and why is Shopify's legal team completely fine with it?

I'm talking about this partner, which I believe several partners were discussing a few weeks ago:
https://t.co/WD11E4mJhq

[John @john_mccain__]

@thomas_nrr @charlesmdp @Shopify @liam_at_shopify I have the exact same issue with my app EZ Product Image Translate and someone else Product Image Translate Easy, I’ve warned Shopify multiple times but they don’t take any action

[John @john_mccain__]

@iMathTechs J’ai été accepté en 30 secondes

[John @john_mccain__]

@AdamRackis One of the creepiest thing I’ve seen

[John @john_mccain__]

Wow India can be a good market 😅