Game Boy Emulator 'Delta' for iPhone Updates App Icon After Adobe 'Threatened Legal Action'

[CalMin]

I love that they just broke it in half to avoid the lawyers. Very much reminds me of the sosumi sound effect.

Yep - it's a middle finger to Adobe and their legal team for a quite ridiculous complaint. Can you imagine the damage to Adobe when they get customers filing complaints such as "oops - I downloaded this free Delta game emulator thinking it was Adobe software 'cause it looks like your logo - and it won't edit my PDF!"

(And I'm just kidding. I know that Adobe MUST defend its IP to maintain claim over it. It's an onerous requirement, but I understand why it exists.)

 

[PaperMag]

I feel like people here have a very mistaken idea of what lawyers get paid, especially compared to Nintendo developers.

I feel like people here have difficulty understanding humor.

Also, theres a difference between the median income of a lawyer and what corporate-lawyers of worldwide corporations pulling multi-billions make.

 

[Joe Rossignol]

Just FYI, Delta creator Riley Testut has confirmed that the current app icon is a temporary funny fix. (That was probably pretty obvious).

 

[klasma]

They should have changed the logo to:

 

[Analog Kid]

Seems fair.

Delta's former icon does look like a mirrored version of Adobe's logo

It wasn't mirrored, the new one is.

 

[Analog Kid]

I can't be the only one who got cracked up by this right ?

They literally shattered it in fragments , that's hilarious

Reminds me of the Apple BHA project.

Summary: Apple had a project internally codenamed "Carl Sagan". Sagan threatened to sue. Apple changed the name to BHA: Butt-head Astronomer.

Sagan sued and sued, losing and losing. Eventually Apple got tired of the suits and changed the internal name again to LAW (lawyers are wimps).

 

[sw1tcher]

Just FYI, Delta creator Riley Testut has confirmed that the current app icon is a temporary funny fix. (That was probably pretty obvious).

Aw. 😥

Maybe they'll pick this Delta icon?

 

[red elma]

2 lazy nerds at Delta, staring at Adobe Illustrator App for logo design ideas and thinking... heck, Adobe has already done it, let's just change the color and call it a day!
After the legal action threat... let's just slice the whole thing to pieces.

 

[John_Blackthorne]

Why didn't I become a lawyer? I'd make so much money sending threatening emails.

"Hey you! Change your logo! Or we sue!"

$300 → My bank account

Repeat infinitely

Yep, that’s all we do, all day.

 

[W£S]

Perhaps that was the aim from the onset. The company wanted free publicity and they got it. 😆

 

[lzandman]

"Delta's former icon does look like a mirrored version of Adobe's logo"

Wrong! Delta's former logo looked exactly like Adobe's logo. They mirrored the new Delta logo (and broke it in half), but the former one matches very closely. Adobe definitely seems in the right here.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Well done Riley

Also.. I really hate patent, copyright, trademark and IP law in general

 

[clester2295]

I never once considered it looked like the Adobe logo, but I did think it looked like The Verge logo upside down (especially since both are the same shade of purple).

 

[GrayFlannel]

I feel like people here have a very mistaken idea of what lawyers get paid, especially compared to Nintendo developers.

Pro tip: If you want to become rich, don’t become a lawyer.

 

[roar08]

I always thought Samsung ripped off the old Gmail logo back in the day for their SmartTV logo:

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[KanosWRX]

Wow that is a super stretch Adobe, clearly its a different font, what dicks. Its not even in the same realm of services..

 

[BabyBoii]

Delta should've added a splash screen on loading that says "Delta quit unexpectedly". That would've been real infringement 😂

 

[alchemistmuffin]

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They’re risking defamation lawsuit from Adobe with that update description………

 

[bLackjackj]

Yeah, nah...thanks anyway Delta but I'm sticking with the original icon.

 

[CapitalIdea]

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A company that essentially provides a means to rip someone off also rips off someone else’s well known company logo. Not really bringing much to the tech world are they?

 

[Macaholic868]

How dumb. You’d have to be a moron to confuse one with the other….

 

[bLackjackj]

How dumb. You’d have to be a moron to confuse one with the other….

So you're calling out the people behind Delta as dumb? They are that scared that they rushed to change the logo.

 

[Macaholic868]

A company that essentially provides a means to rip someone off also rips off someone else’s well known company logo. Not really bringing much to the tech world are they?

Written any emulators lately? What have you brought to the tech world?

 

[Macaholic868]

So you're calling out the people behind Delta as dumb? They are that scared that they rushed to change the logo.

I’m calling anyone who would confuse the two a moron. Unless you’re color blind and can’t tell the difference between purple and red.

 

[rafark]

Why didn't I become a lawyer? I'd make so much money sending threatening emails.

"Hey you! Change your logo! Or we sue!"

$300 → My bank account

Repeat infinitely

This is kind of funny until it isn’t. This is actually a known way to scam people.