I am probably going to get myself in trouble as English is my second language. I would not want to put words speaking for someone else. Imitation suggests a copy of or substitute of the original that is not as good like. coffee mate vs cream or nutra sweet vs sugar. I had the same negative excitement as the Op.

Apple was definitely inspired by what they saw at Xerox. The essence was certainly there, but constraints made it a unique experience. It didn’t need a file server. It had a tiny ram footprint 128k vs 384k as the base model. And the single button mouse required a different approach to the UI/UX that the two button of the star didn’t even try to solve.

And yes. I bleed six colors …