So, winners get some apparel, a pin set (whatever that is), and bragging rights that their app was selected by Apple. And what follows is Apple steals the best ideas and makes their own imitation apps. Apple is notorious for doing exactly this with smaller companies, but positioning themselves to pilfer the ideas of aspirational students is a new low. (Also, it’s yet another sign that Apple, under Tim Cook, have few ideas of their own.)
So, winners get some apparel, a pin set (whatever that is), and bragging rights that their app was selected by Apple. And what follows is Apple steals the best ideas and makes their own imitation apps. Apple is notorious for doing exactly this with smaller companies, but positioning themselves to pilfer the ideas of aspirational students is a new low. (Also, it’s yet another sign that Apple, under Tim Cook, have few ideas of their own.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-watch-patents-5b52cda0