I'm not being mean, I am being blunt and there is a difference. The updates these sites make directly affect our lives. People have poured not only countless hours, but REAL money into their comics. I have done so myself. I have spent hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to help refine and perfect my craft. I have also given Tapas money directly by purchasing ink. So, yes, this does actually hurt me and I stand by what I said.
And as I stated in one of my posts, I am not one to overreact like this. Like I defended to hell out of Smack Jeeves even when it was initially changing (until we found bugs/changes that were too huge to ignore). I would love it if Tapas would redesign their site, that would be cool. Improvement is always better.
But this is literally a copy of another website. And I'm going to tag @michaelson and @Yoon here because this part is really important. This is to the point where I am honestly concerned for Tapas well being. They could be SUED for infringement because of how similar it is. I took a screen shot for comparison:
If I look at these two sites, even the COLOR of the bar is almost exactly the same. I'm a graphic designer and good at telling difference between colors and there's hardly a shade of difference between them.
People were even saying they were mistaking the new Tapas for WT. Even the size of elements are very similar. I would be worried for them because they stand zero chance against a huge corporation like Line if WT were to decide it is too remarkably similar, especially given they are are the same business.
I don't have time to look through all comments since I'm on break at work and today is super tight for me with things to do, but if @Yoon is able to come back with some reasonable path forward after this disaster, then I would be willing to change my no forgiveness stance. However, I have very little faith this will happen.
