Startup that raised $197 million appears to have plagiarized the words, images, and design of a competitor

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/10/startup-that-raised-197-milli.html

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Integrity is so over-rated. Apparently…

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A viagra/cialis company doing something underhanded? I’m shocked!

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How the heck did they get $197 million for that? Especially when the website looks no more trustworthy than a dozen different spam messages?

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Everybody wants a piece of that sweet sweet extremely personal healthcare data.

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It wouldn’t be that hard for some kind of bone-head to raise lots of $ like this, even if it takes them 4 hours or more. There are lots of dicks out there who would try to pull it.

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By now there are so many startups entering the ‘legitimate’ online Viagra space that you can probably buy a business plan, a website template and six sample pitch letters as a package for $99.99.

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Looking for a business partner?

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Is that an imitation in your pocket or are you just trying the flatter me?

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competition sourcing is the new crowd sourcing

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This presumes that the new company isn’t the old company wearing a different hat.

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Is Paul Le Roux out of jail already?

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I guess it could just be a front for laundering narco-currency.?

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This sort of thing is depressingly common. There are still people who believe that everything on the internet is up for grabs.

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