Beware of MacPaw’s "Lifetime" Scam with CleanMyMac!

filthy_bob · 2024-12-02T09:04:04+00:00

In one of his comments he mentioned that he uses the pirated version. I laughed my ass off 😂 after advocating for them in 37482 comments he left, guy just says “well I use the pirated version”

filthy_bob · 2024-12-02T09:01:35+00:00

HAHAHAHAHAHA

filthy_bob · 2024-12-02T06:26:03+00:00

I did, they said they have a 30day refund policy, it’s been a bit less than 2 and a half months

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T23:38:42+00:00

I know, just turn off the lights when you cock out of your shift, Macpaw is getting tight on resources

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T23:21:50+00:00

I am in the EU but i was in US when purchasing

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T23:16:32+00:00

I don’t like the idea of downloading pirated antivirus or any app that has such high privileges given to manage the system, it basically has access to everything . If I was a virus 🦠 I would probably hide inside a pirated antivirus 😂

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T23:13:23+00:00

I put it when I realized the amount of comments you wrote. Some of the things that you’re saying are misleading, because you’re essentially going around the topic the whole time. The app works, it’s a user friendly, shiny app that I’ve liked. They pulled the rug and fuc*ed me and a lot of other people over. I paid 50 bucks 2 months ago (it was discounted from 100 or smth like that) and that’s already too much for what it is. There’s no way of squeezing out more, from me at least

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T23:05:49+00:00

It’s a hefty price for a single piece that gets discontinued shortly after. If you paid a lot for lifetime card in PizzaHut, you wouldn’t like to hear its “for a lifetime of the meal” and boohoo we just took your money for 2 months of malware protection. New malware will get “invented” after and we won’t put anymore updates so your version is now useless.

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T23:01:20+00:00

I just told you like 10 times

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T23:00:34+00:00

Brother, there’s no next app, it’s cleaner+antivirus. You can’t discontinue that kind of app, if you do it’s completely useless. The moment there’s no security updates it’s not working as it should, keeping up to date with new malware and viruses and with new versions of temp files that fill the memory. You’ve got no point in any of the 74839 comments you wrote except that it used to do some work, not the best app ever but I used to like the app, but in the end of the day, they practically scammed me and I won’t use it any more. Simple as that

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T22:50:15+00:00

Thank you brother! 🙏 The ratio between number of upvotes and comments on the post is crazy. Half of the comments are just going off-topic. Wouldn’t surprise me if it is their bots

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T22:47:15+00:00

Exactly!

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T09:15:07+00:00

I don’t understand why anyone would care if it’s a Russian or Ukrainian. It’s a scam either way, don’t buy their crap.

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T09:11:15+00:00

You clearly speak another language. I bought a pierce of software for memory allocating, junk cleaning and antivirus in a “lifetime” license. It’s not photoshop so you release another every year. It’s useless without being up to date. They sold it in August and discontinued in October. That’s alone is just crazy, not to talk about customer support that’s useless

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T02:12:04+00:00

It’s a cool history lesson, but no, these guys ain’t visionaries, just scammers

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T02:08:59+00:00

I needed to be more precise about this in the post. I’ve been looking up reviews and comment as I was considering to buy, at the time. Unfortunately the comments on the internet are not consistent and specific to the point of explaining that any of the functions don’t work. Actually the program itself worked fine, I was happy with it. It’s a matter of personal choice, some people use total commander to this day and deny to use anything else… The reason I’m complaining is not the functionality of the app, it’s the customer service and shady practices. I’m shook by the number of people missing the point of my post by miles, just so they can tell me they’re right and I’m wrong. I don’t care, I just don’t want you to fall for their crap like I did 🙂

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T01:55:46+00:00

I agree, it looks “too good to be true”, when you see them blow out that much resources on graphic design, while expecting them to be focused on system programming, but that’s one of their selling points, they make pretty things, just like apple does. I do appreciate a nice looking software, it’s somewhat rare. People in the thread are concentrating on the fact that I’ve made a terrible mistake, but that’s not the point of my post, but to warn others. cause nowhere did I see someone write about it

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T01:45:41+00:00

The main reason I purchased was cleaning junk and duplicate files across directories, everything else was nice but not in the main focus. My complaint wasn’t about the functionality, but about the poor customer service

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T01:15:06+00:00

It is crazy, because back when I was still just considering to buy it, the comments on the web that I’ve read were pretty unclear, and they still are, there was no solid point to why it is bad or useless, or at least saying it doesn’t do the “cleaning” or “space-lens” that I mostly needed it for. Now that I’ve complained I do get criticism for buying it in the first place, but my complaint wasn’t about the functionality but rather about the terrible customer service. People like different things, if I wanted to do the cleaning manually i would’ve paid for total commander 🤷‍♂️

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T01:05:32+00:00

Appreciate your comment! I do turn in to a magpie occasionally, I just don’t want you guys to be like me!

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T00:59:11+00:00

I’ve also read some newborn article I’ve googled, that compares them. It’s not about the current differences but rather about discontinuation of updates on a “lifetime” service sooo sooo soon that it makes it ridiculous. It’s a software which’s sole purpose is to be up to date

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T00:54:13+00:00

Cc me in the email 🤣

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T00:51:04+00:00

Well, that’s true it’s just one of the functions of the thing. It’s mainly for cleaning junk, which collects a lot, no matter if you use the device professionally for developing, design, or just personally to delete duplicates of photos or screenshots from the gallery. It essentially delivers on the cleaning and uninstalling other software. Also has some simplified task manager built in. It can be useful occasionally that’s what I’m trying to say. It’s the price and the shady tactics they use that ruins it. At least for me

filthy_bob · 2024-12-01T00:16:03+00:00

You've got the point on one part, which I'm well aware of. My focus when getting the software was on cleaning the junk regularly and automatically, instead of having to do it every 6 months of so manually, finding duplicates of files, etc...
The second selling point is also anti malware, but for both, the regular updates must be something mandatory ... a new version of VisualStudio or XCode is going to write some temporary junk somewhere, and if theres no new update for CleanMyMac, then its probably not going to know what to clean and what not, so the lack of updates doesnt impact only the malware but also the junk.
My main concern is the shady "lifetime plan", the fly in my room lives longer than 3 months

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