Gee, if what's-his-face continues with his current business model, he just might put all the great synthesizer companies out of business. Then he'd be out of designs to imitate in the ugliest ways and might actually have to invent another instrument of his own, rather than shamelessly borrow from the geniuses. But as they say, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." So, I am pleased that what's-his-face so looks up to Dave Smith and his brilliant designs.
I once worked part-time in a machine shop, basically washing tractor parts and assembling them. I didn't like the guy who ran it, and we often enough argued about things. Then one day he took me to his office and showed me that he stole designs online and then produced them himself. He actually used the word "pirate" in describing himself. Perhaps he was saving his customers a pretty penny, but that certainly wasn't his motivation. It didn't matter to me; I was disgusted by the attitude and the process. Since then I've had a special loathing for the pirate-type and avoid them like the virus.
Similarities? What similarities?