Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "David B." Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Asking_Questions_Isn=E2=80=99t_a_Crime_=E2=80=93_My?= =?UTF-8?Q?_Experience_on_MacRumors?= Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:09:07 +0100 Lines: 67 Message-ID: References: <68826a03$2$5005$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Reply-To: boaterdave@hotmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net lo8mulL7fauLtBJw8+1SQgknfbGIjYc6doke6TUiS/BA0o/PK3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:mVLrxDBYlUPnu7bhnmGj/kN/aoQ= sha256:/rdVzd3QwrEsuCJAQGSUb/EfxiFXULIKuRr/GnBx/cI= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:181454 On 24/07/2025 23:47, Tyrone wrote: > On Jul 24, 2025 at 1:30:26 PM EDT, ""David B."" wrote: > >>> What makes you think that? Not a rhetorical question... why could a person who >>> is generally honest and decent not remove their LinkedIn page, especially if >>> they are being followed around by someone asking questions over and over? >> >> >> appreciate your question — it's fair to ask why I see that as a red flag. >> >> Let me be clear: simply removing a LinkedIn page isn't, by itself, proof >> of dishonesty. But context matters. When someone runs a paid software >> product, makes strong claims about its capabilities, refuses to answer >> reasonable support emails (even when support is part of the paid >> package), and then vanishes from multiple platforms when asked >> legitimate questions — that’s where the suspicion starts. > > "Reasonable support emails"? Does that include "Where do you work?" and "how > much money have you made from EtreCheck?" and "What is your business address?" > and accusing him CONSTANTLY of including "malware" in the download? All based > only on your own paranoia. > > You have done nothing BUT hound this poor guy for YEARS. And yet you are > STILL surprised when you get banned from every moderated support forum in the > galaxy. > > Countless smart people - meaning anyone with an IQ higher than a 5th grade kid > - have looked at it and told you over and over that it is safe. > > Stupid people should listen to smart people. Not the voices in their heads. Tyrone, Thank you for your reply — but I must respectfully push back on your framing of the situation. You’ve reduced years of legitimate inquiry into a caricature of harassment. That’s neither accurate nor fair. At no point have I “constantly accused” the developer of including malware. What I have done — and continue to do — is ask straightforward, good-faith questions about transparency, particularly concerning a paid software product that claims to diagnose system problems on Macs. When someone accepts payment and promises support, then goes silent when questions arise (not just from me, I might add), it’s entirely reasonable to raise concerns. Especially when: Emails to the official support address are ignored, The developer avoids public forums when questions are asked, And online traces of their presence — like a LinkedIn page — quietly vanish. As for the nature of my questions: asking where a developer is based, what business name they operate under, or how much they’ve earned from a product that’s on sale to the public is not unreasonable. Especially in an era where online scams are sadly common. You’re welcome to dismiss these concerns as “paranoia,” but I’d rather take a cautious and questioning approach than blindly defer to “smart people” or marketing claims. After all, how many tech-related scandals started with people telling critics to “just trust the experts”? Respectfully, David B.