Note: the MacOS part is false

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[–] 84 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (3 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.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 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.

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