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Are Windows Users Capable of Reading?

Yes. It’s a harsh title. But I have to wonder if Windows users are taking the time to read the fact that the Yasu available through my site is a Macintosh only application.

It turns out some hack on the Windows platform has developed a ROM utility that hides SCSI interface devices to allow gamers to play games illegally (something I don’t advocate!), and has dubbed his little creation “Yasu” as well.

Jeez, you lamer! You didn’t even check to see if the name was already used by someone else! Now it makes total sense as to why I’ve had nearly 16,000 downloads for the month, and only 42 registrations! I almost wrote a whiny, self-pitying post about selfish Mac users because of it. Thank goodness I didn’t.

Since so many lemming Windows users have downloaded my app without reading what it’s really used for, my monthly bandwidth is nearly maxed out. In fact, I may even surpass my allotment in a day or two – which may cause my site to be shut down until the beginning of next month, or cost me extra money to keep up.

So, Windows users; Please! This is not the “Y.A.S.U. (Yet Another SecuROM Utility)” you want. Go find it somewhere else. Shoo!!!

[Update] – I’m happy to share that with a little .htaccess mojo, Windows users are now denied downloading Yasu for the Mac. Mwahahaha…

3/28/07 Yasu Comments

4 Comments

  • James says:
    3/29/07 at 10:59 am

    Ah, that would explain why I’m getting 300% more traffic from searches for “yasu” than any other keyword.

  • Jim Mitchell says:
    3/29/07 at 11:20 am

    I tell you, it’s nuts!

    Already over 325 denials to Windows users in less than a day! I’m glad I caught it. No doubt a majority of my bandwidth this month and last went “poof” because of it.

    I’ve tried tracking down whoever wrote the hack to kindly ask him/her to rename it, but can’t find an originating source site to save my life.

  • Maria says:
    4/1/07 at 12:05 pm

    In answer to your original question: No, Windows users can’t read. ;-)

  • Ilgaz says:
    4/9/07 at 1:34 pm

    This is quite a story. I have even thought about making a story out of it and submitting to some digg like site and 2 secs later, I figured how stupid it would be.

    You know, bandwidth issue you talk about :)

    IMHO you should even remove the “share this” from this page against that potential risk.

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