There were a TON of companies back then who were doing the exact same thing.  In fact I'd say it was the norm.  Whenever downloading any "freeware" or "shareware" back then I went through the install process with a fine tooth comb to make sure I didn't miss unchecking some "gotcha" agreement.  Some went so far as hiding opt-out agreements in a link in the service agreement that lead to another page where things needed to be unchecked!  Some still did anyway, like the ever so popular WeatherBug.  His case was a test case for that sort of thing.  It was a sleazy practice and I'm glad it's gone.


I can't wait to see what crimes Mark Russinovich commits.


Wow, Dave wrote shitty scamware? Who'da thunk it. Not surprising, though, as Microsoft in general was the capitol of scammy software and shitass business practices. It wasn't until they got Gates and Ballmer the fuck out of there that they improved a little. Not much, but a little.


Even if what he says RE: Linus Torvalds has a binary blob only he has the source for included in every linux distro - I would rather trust Linus than a greedy data thieving corporation like Microsoft.


You can't blame Dave, he is inherently apathetic/psychopathic and it shows. He loves his money though, and the toys his money buys.

Autistic adults’ inclination to lie in everyday situations

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10913365/


As for Microsoft has still not hired you for testing, (1) you are in a country that Microsoft has halted business with, and (2) you distribute pirated software including Microsoft software.  So basically you are just radioactive waste to them.


bs marketing issues and they got convicted by court. while ms trying to push people into subscriptions and they use loads of dark patterns in windows 11 with ui and oversight institutions do nothing.


Definitely seems a bit shady but if Adobe is still a company it just means Dave didn’t have better lawyers. Not to mention this was during the time governments were going a bit crazy over computer makers, “hackers”, and programmers. The gov thought computes were going to ruin your children, steal your dog, and make your daughter sterile if hackers / programmers got too much power. They were throwing the book at any whiff of a problem maker then.


His scammy 20 year old program is no Bonzai Buddy!  these early 2000s spyware programs all did the same stuff,  and the torch was carried on by the Indian scammers who now make people open up windows defender and tell them their computer is dying.


Do you identify as a female? You seem to like digging up the past for no reason at all. What did the man even do to you?


nothing in the software seems that out of place for 2006 but you were probably still in diapers.


i accidentaly seen something i never would have thought enderman would do:<br>HE USES M!C€O$OFT EDGE!!?

i accidentaly seen something i never would have thought enderman would do:
HE USES M!C€O$OFT EDGE!!?


It’s only natural that an ex Microsoft engineer was a scammy shadowy business man/CTO, considering what’s Windows really is: an adware, rootkit in the shape of an OS. For them scam, stalk and spy people is a business model.


I know this guy! (Wait, did he failed us even it caused SoftwareOnline to shut the doors? At least he knows the company much as he left Microsoft)


The fact that time and time again, his videos either feature blatant misinformation, or had him overstate his role at hand (claiming he’s the man that made X, when he was just in charge of porting it to Y, for example) made me really untrustworthy of the guy


Did the video get taken down? YouTube is really censoring you

@@Axellse no, enderman said on Twitter that he took it down himself<br>Edit: damn autocorrect!

@@Axellse no, enderman said on Twitter that he took it down himself
Edit: damn autocorrect!