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The former owner chimed in to discuss the ownership change and how it was handled: https://surteesstudios.com/a-new-chapter/

I can’t say the software is untrustworthy anymore but the whole ownership change was poorly handled and I can’t blame anyone wanting to jump ship after that.

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Did we really know the previous owners then any more? But somehow trust was extended to them. Maybe the incentives to keep the gold goose brand alive selling the same products and upgrades outweighs the temporary potential value of a security researcher finding your Mac utility was actually trojaned to be a clandestine intelligence gathering app or a boiler-room ransomware vector. Not everyone is a malicious FOSS contributor and paranoia shouldn't be the first instinct.

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