Note: the MacOS part is false

    • stoy@lemmy.zip
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      4 months ago

      He has been making Youtube videos for years, if he was a fraud, which you imply, someone would have found evidence of it

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        4 months ago

        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.

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          4 months ago

          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.

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            4 months ago

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