I am seeing so many apps and games making replicas to gain momentum. All they do is just change name. Why Apple and Google allow this ? Doesn't it degrade quality of App store or Play store ?
Technically it is in breach of guidelines/terms & conditions applying to each store, but either they don't have or don't wish to expend the resources in checking each and every app.<p>This approach would also potentially mean that they would lose the protection of the DMCA which in their position as hosts of content, rather than providers, means will only be liable for copyright infringement if they do not respond to a takedown request. If they vetted each and every app and one slipped through which the store holder should have rejected as being an infringement then they would potentially become liable.<p>As a result, the onus is on IP owners to contact the stores to request takedowns. Unless an IP owner is actively scouring the stores, this may result in copycat apps remaining up. Yes, it may degrade quality, but this is preferable to the above alternative.
> I am seeing so many apps and games making replicas to gain momentum. All they do is just change name. Why Apple and Google allow this ?<p>They probably don't strictly "allow" it in many of the cases cases that occur, and neither does the law. The issue that the store owners aren't able to effectively actively police it, and it relies on the vigilance of owners of the original apps to identify and complain of violations. And even most app owners have more productive uses of their time than hunting down every clone that might break the rules.