Well it was not “something similar” because the difference is that R1 plot is in fact about stealing the plans, while TFA plot is in fact about blowing up death star.
Regardless of how you rationalize it you still accused the film of having a different plot than the one that are actually in the film just like Alderaan.
No. Alderaan accused, while I stated the fact. R1 creators intended the plot to be about stealing the plans and they actually achieved that in the film. TFA creators might have intended (pretended, to be precise) that the plot is about finding Luke, while the actual plot in the film is about destroying a death star.