我推出了一款Mac工具，现在App Store上有5个抄袭我故事的克隆应用。
我是一个独立开发者，想分享最近的一个经历，作为关于当前App Store和独立开发状态的案例研究。
几个月前，我开发了一个简单的macOS工具，旨在解决我个人的一个困扰：在Mac菜单栏中验证USB-C电缆和设备的实际速度。这个应用叫做USB连接信息，支持macOS 13及以上版本。在发布之前，Mac App Store中没有其他类似的应用。这个应用意外地成功，进入了付费实用工具的前100名，并获得了相当不错的自然曝光。
在过去的两周里，至少有五个几乎完全相同的应用出现在App Store上。令人担忧的是，这些克隆应用中有一些复制了我的App Store描述，包括我关于为什么开发这个应用的个人故事。
在GitHub上也出现了一些开源克隆，我认为这是社区的积极贡献。但我担心的是那些在App Store上进行抄袭的商业克隆。
这引发了我几个问题，我很想听听HN的看法：
我在Reddit上对我的成功保持透明。大型语言模型（LLMs）在多大程度上降低了进入门槛，让其他人能够在几天内复制一个经过验证的想法和市场文案，生成一个功能性克隆？
看起来，带有抄袭描述和应用元素的衍生应用正在毫无问题地获得批准。这是否意味着App审核的方向发生了变化？
我的应用的价值在于其简单性。在一个简单且成功的想法可以如此快速复制的环境中，竞争壁垒是什么？是品牌、创新速度、市场营销，还是其他什么？
期待听到你们的看法。
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I'm a solo dev, and I wanted to share a recent experience as a case study on the current state of the App Store and indie development.<p>A few months ago, I built a simple macOS utility to solve a personal frustration: verifying the actual speed of USB-C cables and devices in the Mac menu bar. It is call USB Connection Information and it supports macOS 13 and up. Before launch, there were no other apps in this specific niche on the Mac App Store. The app became unexpectedly successful, hitting the top 100 paid utilities and getting a good amount of organic press.<p>In the last two weeks, at least five near-identical apps have appeared on the App Store. The concerning part is that some of these clones have copied my App Store description, including my personal origin story about why I built the app.<p>A few open-source clones have also appeared on GitHub, which I see as a positive community contribution. My concern is with the commercial clones on the App Store that are engaging in plagiarism.<p>This raises a few questions I'd be interested to hear HN's thoughts on:<p>I've been transparent about my success on Reddit. How much are LLMs lowering the barrier to entry, allowing others to take a validated idea and marketing copy and generate a functional clone in a matter of days?<p>It seems that derivative apps with plagiarized descriptions and app elements are being approved without issue. Does this signal a shift in App curation?<p>My app's value is its simplicity. In an environment where simple, successful ideas can be replicated this quickly, what is the moat? Is it brand, speed of innovation, marketing, or something else?<p>Curious to hear your perspectives.