The defendants agreed to pay $400,000 in civil penalties, with $250,000 suspended on condition of compliance with all terms in the settlement. They must also refund consumers who have filed complaints and pay $40,000 in attorneys’ costs and fees.
The settlement terms prohibit the defendants from engaging in the following practices:
Inducing computer users to install software by misrepresenting that the user’s computer is at risk for crashes or privacy and security invasions.
Marketing its InternetShield software by means of a “free scan.”
Using “buttons” in its advertisements that do not function as the user would expect them. For example, the X found in the corner of a window is normally associated with closing the window and should not open another ad.
Installing software on a user’s computer that causes multiple pop-up advertisements when the user tries to close out of advertisements.
Failing to provide a functional uninstall option for removing all software files.
Failing to obtain a consumer’s explicit consent to purchase a product or a service.
He greatly downplayed these events in his book but I’m taking his word with a grain of salt.
I freely admit that I developed a bias towards him after realizing he is a multimillionaire.
Learning about that in combination with the information I detailed above really soured my perception of David.
I have the belief that more often than not very wealthy people are wealthy because they have taken advantage of other people to obtain that wealth.
I wanted to give David the benefit of the doubt because I really enjoyed watching his youtube channel but one google rabbit hole later and I felt like my belief was reaffirmed.
Also, the post includes this image, which… I mean it’s certainly a take.
The audacity. Saying that Windows is loved by millions is like saying a victim is in love with their rapist. Windows is forced upon millions, not loved by them. Everyone would choose something else if there was serious marketing for other options
He’s full of shit. There is no “secret” binary code blob that only Linus wields so I have no idea why he’d blatantly lie like that over information that’s publicly available. Linux’s kernel is all open source so no idea what he’s talking about. He probably read some random shit on the internet and ran with it. Linus couldn’t claim the Linux kernel as his own legally anyway because thousands of developers have contributed to it. The lawsuits would be out the ass if he tried. The only thing Linus owns is literally just the word “Linux”
No one seems to have any idea. In the thread some people are talking about him perhaps referring to propriety drivers or firmware, but you don’t need to compile the kernel with them.
Does he dislike Linux?
I’d not heard about this before. Admittedly I only knew him from his cute anecdotes about early Windows development. Did a cursory search and I found this thread on Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/rb2xzk/dave_plummer_aka_daves_garage_former_microsoft/
There’s a pretty interesting comment by a user called Kefim_Wod, I’ll quote it here so you don’t have to visit that shitty site unless you want to.
Also, the post includes this image, which… I mean it’s certainly a take.
He seems like a M$ grifter. Big shocker.
The audacity. Saying that Windows is loved by millions is like saying a victim is in love with their rapist. Windows is forced upon millions, not loved by them. Everyone would choose something else if there was serious marketing for other options
God dammit Dave, this is sick and twisted.
What’s the deal with the Linus blob? Is that based in any truth?
I know very little about Linux kernal or its politics, I just use it sometimes.
He’s full of shit. There is no “secret” binary code blob that only Linus wields so I have no idea why he’d blatantly lie like that over information that’s publicly available. Linux’s kernel is all open source so no idea what he’s talking about. He probably read some random shit on the internet and ran with it. Linus couldn’t claim the Linux kernel as his own legally anyway because thousands of developers have contributed to it. The lawsuits would be out the ass if he tried. The only thing Linus owns is literally just the word “Linux”
No one seems to have any idea. In the thread some people are talking about him perhaps referring to propriety drivers or firmware, but you don’t need to compile the kernel with them.
What is he talking about?
I don’t think anyone knows.