Rixstep Hates MacHesit (This is Me Being Surprised)
The things I cover are overlapping. Chalk it up to the echo-chamber/hivemind, I guess (or maybe Rick Downes is reading this blog).
Rixstep calls MacHeist MacScam (I see what you did there), and spends an article bashing it because of the whole Malcor fake hacker incident.
This is ironic for several reasons. First of all, Rixstep came out in support of Malcor when it was generally assumed not to be a PR stunt. So hacking is great but promotions are just a step too far, gentlemen. Second, Rixstep cites Gus Mueller and John Gruber as sources that were criticizing MacHeist last year. Apparently, other prominent Mac bloggers/developers are fanboys and “Landed Gentry” when you disagree with them but experts in their field when you need sources to make you look smart.
MacHeist didn’t break the law, and no matter how much they offend Gus, they aren’t giving developers any less money than they agreed to. It’s that simple. Anyone who says different is insulting the intelligence of the participating developers and the Mac community at large. If MacHeist was so terrible to the developers or its promotional schemes were so unscrupulous, it wouldn’t be around because it would have no applications and no members. But it does.
If you still have doubts, use this general rule: the opposite of what Rick Downes says is probably the truth.