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The amount of mental gymnastics to come up with (and justify) this is insane (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 days ago by pastermil@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.world
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Note: the MacOS part is false

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[–] asparagapple@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

He was actually convicted of fraud. Remember "Your computer has a virus. Install my (shady) app to fix it" banners in 2000s? That was also him.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hadn't heard anything about this - quite interesting in context of the discussion, and also in that it only has a grain of truth.

His company was sued for violations of the Consumer Protection Act (for making shitty misleading 'you may have a virus! Click here for free scan' popups and shady apps like 'RegistryCleaner', as you allude), which they settled for $150k plus $40k in court fees.

He was never charged with fraud nor convicted - that is something much more serious.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Ah so the guy is a POS, so why should I listen to him.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

You shouldn't, and i don't wish to either. I just don't understand why there was a need to take his already shady and shitty behaviour and embellish it to say he was convicted of fraud, when the truth would have been adequate.