It seems like a clone of https://jsoncrack.com with a different UI. I couldn’t identify any significant differences aside from the reduced readability in the visualization.
He's not apologizing, he's just scared you'll hold him accountable, for he's cloned your features and homepage, and even has the audacity to charge for it.
You ought to call him out on social media, juxtaposing a screenshot of his website with yours for comparison.
His original reply:
> Belittling competitors is not a good competitive strategy, the community is smart and won't be fooled by it (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32626873). If you want to promote something under my post, that's fine, people will make their choices. But if you're going to unjustly discredit JSON For You by ignoring the facts, I find that unwelcome and offensive. I suggest we compete by improving our products, rather than by smearing each other or engaging in price wars :)
Sorry, my previous response misunderstood your meaning. JSON For You does draw inspiration from JSON Crack for its landing page, thank you for designing such a minimalist homepage and I will put JSON CRACK to my acknowledgment. In terms of functionality, the two products actually have significant differences:
1. JSON Crack focuses more on visualization, whereas JSON For You aims to be a all-in-one JSON toolkit. This is why you'll find many buttons on JSON For You's page, leading to decreased readability and increased user learning curve (though I've tried my best to optimize this).
2. JSON Crack supports visualization for multiple data types including TOML and YAML, but JSON For You does not support this, nor does it plan to.
3. I've noticed JSON Crack offers AI functionalities to manipulate JSON data, but JSON For You will not pursue such features. Instead, it provides this through local tools like jq.
4. When it comes to comparison features, JSON Crack seems to provide graph-based comparison, which JSON For You does not do (nor is it its goal). Additionally, JSON For You offers text comparison, which JSON Crack does not.
Maybe I should provide a comparison table on the homepage to help everyone better understand the differences between the two products :)
Belittling competitors is not a good competitive strategy, the community is smart and won't be fooled by it (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32626873). If you want to promote something under my post, that's fine, people will make their choices. But if you're going to unjustly discredit JSON For You by ignoring the facts, I find that unwelcome and offensive. I suggest we compete by improving our products, rather than by smearing each other or engaging in price wars :)
I'm never against competition, but cloning a project is not something comparable. You’ve basically cloned an open-source project and are now trying to make money off of it. I took a look at your Terms and Privacy Policy, and you copied them word for word? That’s really disappointing. You haven’t added any substantial features to the project beyond duplicating it, and there are plenty of others doing the same what you've done. I’m honestly shocked that you’d have the audacity to post it here.
This guy posted in some forum accusing you of attacking him. But Chinese coders roasted him so well, he deleted his original post. You might need some translation, but it's satisfying!
Nothing and nobody starts out original. We need copying to build a foundation of knowledge and understanding. Everything is a copy of something else, the only difference is how much is actually copied, and how obvious it is. Copying is how we learn. We can't introduce anything new until we're fluent in the language of our domain, and we do that through emulation.
