The fallout across affiliate networks came fast
MegaLag’s video was posted at the end of 2024. The affiliate networks reacted in 2026. Over a year later. That doesn’t seem so fast to me.
Losing users isn’t enough. Paypal needs to pay damages.
Yeah it was just straight up theft with what they were doing.
It should had been removed from the store. How different is that of a virus.
It isn’t dead?? This ruins my day.
At the end of the day I guess it’s about brand respectability (same reason some religions are cults and some aren’t, IMHO)
It doesn’t inject its code into other programs, so it’s not a virus, just general malware.
Wouldn’t it be more akin to a cryptominer, since it’s not doing anything with intent to harm or damage data, but the goal is to gain funds without the user’s knowledge?
It’s just fraud.
Good. It needs to lose all of them with their scummy behavior.
