Bartender is a simple macOS tool to customise what goes up in the menu bar (those icons in the right top corner near the clock) and has been a faithful servant for many years from an honest developer - or so we thought. MacUpdater noticed that Bartender's app certificate changed, which then sparked a Reddit thread asking questions over who owns it. Someone popped up saying they're the new owner, but didn't say who they are or who they work for. Not long later, Ben Surtees the original developer of Bartender, posted on his blog that he sold the app to Applause three months ago. Applause are a bad company that shove apps they acquire full of spyware dressed up as analytics. Yet another example of technologists failing to understand the concept of consent and burning their reputation in the process.
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