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Asking Questions is NOT a Crime – My Experience on the MacRumors forum

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Subject: 🧠 Asking Questions Isn’t a Crime – My Experience on MacRumors


Hello folks!

I want to share something that recently happened on the MacRumors forums 
— and why it matters to anyone who values open technical discussion.

I posted in a thread about EtreCheckPro 
(https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/etrecheckpro-process-redacted.2291964) 
under the name BRAWDY14 — a nod to my flying days at RNAS Brawdy in 
Wales, where I did my advanced fast-jet training.

In that thread, I raised some genuinely polite and technical concerns:

     Why does EtreCheckPro redact some process data from its own reports?

     What kind of data does it collect, and where does it go?

     Why is developer support nonexistent, even for paying users?

     Should we blindly trust endorsements — even from respected voices 
like Howard Oakley?

I didn’t insult anyone. I wasn’t trolling. I just asked questions that 
anyone concerned with software transparency would ask.

And I was banned.

Apparently, on MacRumors, it’s acceptable to discuss what EtreCheck 
detects — but not acceptable to discuss EtreCheck itself.

The irony? EtreCheck is sold as a diagnostic tool to bring hidden 
problems to light. But when you try to shed light on the tool itself — 
silence. Censorship. Ejection.

That’s not how we do things on ACW. Here, we ask questions. We dig. 
We’re allowed to be skeptical — even encouraged to be.

So I say to you all:

     Question the tools you use.

     Don’t be swayed by community groupthink.

     And if asking questions gets you banned — you’re probably onto 
something.

Let’s keep Usenet the open ground it’s always been.

-- 
David Brooks
(BoaterDave, a.k.a. BRAWDY14)
RNAS Brawdy, back then. ACW, right now!

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Asking Questions is NOT a Crime – My Experience on the MacRumors forum "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-07-24 15:55 +0100
  Re: Asking Questions is NOT a Crime – My Experience o n the MacRumors forum (was: Asking Questions is NOT a Crime – My Experience o n the MacRumors forum) Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-07-24 23:21 +0000
    Re: Asking Questions is NOT a Crime – My Experience o n the MacRumors forum "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-07-25 08:20 +0100

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