Saying harmful things about someone is neither libel nor slander if those statements are factual. It's only libel or slander if the statements that are made are false.
IANAL but... It is my understanding that statements can be considered "per se" libel or slander even if they are expressed as opinion as long as they are made negligently or with malice and they cause reputational harm.
That is called an opinion. It is subjective yet demonstrable by all the people voicing their unhappiness. That’s what a reputation is: the beliefs and opinions generally held about someone.
Why do you not acknowledge any of the points made? Selling a business is a big deal and an announcement should be made. Not doing so is at best short sided and ignorant.
Other people are addressing those points better than I would. I think it is out of proportion to denounce and name the individual developer. Why does everything have to turn into a witch hunt? And why do you have to call me ignorant for not thinking like you?
Would any hacker be proud to explain to their grand parents that they got very upset that their icon hiding app was sold?
Everything turns into a witch hunt because people in groups are stupid and unempathetic, and live in a fantasy world.
Good on you for having a grounded take, and realising how feeble minded it is of people to denounce the developer and label them as untrustworthy.
I can bet on my life that the majority of these loud complainers have probably never built or contributed anything of value to the world, let alone sold something and gone through a software acquisition.
I have basically no faith in people on social media, but please don’t feel like your alone in your thoughts I agree with everything you’ve said here
Furthermore most people probably haven’t built macOS apps and are unfamiliar with the permissions model regarding screen recording - it may be that it is actually required for good functioning to have this permission. I haven’t built macOS apps, but I’ve built plenty of browser extensions and know from experience that permissions are much scarier than what the developer is actually using them for in most cases. Like with most things: people are ignorant. People are arrogant. And people don’t think for themselves. This all gets amplified when they group up.
