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		pom on March 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Threes: The Rip-offs and Making Our Original Game If you are referring to 2048, that’s because it was ripping off 1024, not Threes.

res0nat0r on March 28, 2014 [–]

Actually the app copying goes: Threes -> 1024 -> 2048

talmand on March 28, 2014 | [–]

But, not that I know the situation, it is possible according to your example that 2048 to not be aware of Threes.

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