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this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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If it’s free, it’s not competing.
If you want to make something, go ahead and build it.
Artists don’t compete with other artists
Steve Jobs attributed the quote “Good artists copy; great artists steal.”
However, the original adage seems to originate from 1892
“Great poets imitate and improve, whereas small ones steal and spoil.
Steve Jobs was a great enough artist that he even stole the quote holy shit 🤯