When a sport turns into widespread, most of the time we see an inflow of clone apps that try and mimic the sport. Whether these apps are designed to be an precise sport or a rip-off that tries to leverage the sport’s recognition is difficult to say, however clones are fairly frequent and lots of builders are most likely not thrilled by it.

So a lot in order that PUBG’s developer, Krafton, has determined to take authorized motion not in opposition to the builders of the clone apps, however in opposition to the likes of Apple, Google, and Garena over the assorted PUBG-like clones discovered within the respective app shops.

In Garena’s case, Krafton alleges that the corporate created video games known as Free Fire and Free Fire Max that had been designed to be PUBG clones. Krafton additionally claims that Apple and Google helped to distribute lots of of thousands and thousands of copies of the video games which in flip allowed Garena to revenue massively over it, whereas additionally producing income for Apple and Google by in-app purchases.

Krafton additionally says that they knowledgeable Apple that these video games infringed upon their copyright, however they haven’t finished something to take the apps down from the App Store. The firm is now in search of damages together with the income that Apple and Google made out of serving to push the sale of the clone apps.

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