Opinion – Are tech companies getting lazy?
Four out of every five gadgets is a direct clone of something that already exists. Okay, this possibly a made- up statistic, but wouldn't be entirely surprising revelation given the recent wave of familiar-looking tech. If we weren't being fed iPad doppelgangers at the recent IFA trade show, it was a tide of Macbook Air-alike 'ultrabooks'.
So are tech companies simply getting lazy and churning out cheaper photocopies of successful gadgets? Or is the balance of copycats to genuine innovators (for example, Sony's 3D head-mounted display) no different now than in the tech days of yore? Let us know what you think below and you could star in the November issue of Stuff, on shelves 5th October.
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BigSexyNeil
1 year ago
The tech industry is like the film industry. There is originality out there if you are prepared to look for it, but the majority seems to be lazy cash-in sequels and remakes of existing success stories.
A lot of companies seem to want to prefer the easy profits of bandwagon jumping instead of making something unique with the high risk of failure (although as Apple proved there is a chance of massive sales).