User:Elominius/Essay on plagiarism

As an end user, I am not much interested in which vendor copied from which other vendor. I am just interested in the usefulness of the resulting product.

In the early 2010s, electronics vendor Samsung has suffered accusations and lawsuits over alleged plagiarism of products by Apple. Samsung might have copied Apple products to some extent, but what mattered in the end is that Samsung made something superior out of them.

While iPhones had (and still have) non-replaceable batteries, a small battery capacity compared to other vendors' phones, only internal memory and no support for MicroSD memory cards, a proprietary power connector, fewer environmental sensors, and a more locked-down operating system with limited file management capabilities and limited support for third-party software, and a fragile glass back side, Samsung smartphones let users replace the shortest-lived component of their device, expand their space and transfer large amounts of data between devices using memory cards, manage their files and directories in a less restricted way, install third-party software, measure air pressure and at some point even air temperature and humidity, and charge their phone using an universal USB-Micro B connector.

Even if Samsung copied the blueprint of their devices from Apple, what mattered in the end was that Samsung built the technically superior products. This is what the end user cares about.