caveat emptor

Today I read on tuaw that the rude, unprofessional, immoral jackass David Watanabe was up to his usual behavior by rigging results and hiding affiliate codes within his Inquisitor app. No, I won’t provide a link to his app.

Sure, it is free software. The moral issue is not that he is profiting off of his software, it is that he is rigging search results (while implying that they are direct from Google) with links to sites containing his affiliate link at the top so that he gets maximum kick-backs. It’s a half-step above malware, and Watanabe has a history of similar practices (along with what amounts to theft of registration fees.)

So, do not buy or use any software made by David Watanabe. This includes Inquisitor, Acquisition, or xTorrent (a $20 rip-off of the free, open-source Transmission torrent lib. who pays for torrent clients?)