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It is what he claims happened: https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/09/mea-culpa-dark-hours...
Honestly, after being caught lying already, it's hard to believe him.
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> he quietly admitted online How does one "quietly" admit online? > he shared his developer account with a relative who was making scam apps and doing bad stuff. > his account was indeed committing scams and bad stuff. This is incorrect. The story was actually covered by Daring Fireball https://daringfireball.net/2016/10/apple_dash_controversy and well as by Michael Tsai https://mjtsai.com/blog/2016/10/10/apple-and-k…
Yes, your response is mostly accurate. But lets not hide under some "Popescu never lied". I'm not going to waste time really explaining the nuance of Popescu knowing that he had shared an account or payment instrument and then acted like he was 100% innocent when Apple explained to him in very clear terms what the issue was and was told exactly what he needed to do in order to resolve it and get back into good standi…
That's a copout for such a harsh public accusation.
> Popescu knowing that he had shared an account or payment instrument
Or? So you're already equivocating. Originally you claimed that he was sharing the account, but then when I pointed out that he only paid for the other account, you've moved the goalposts to "shared an account or payment instrument". But which one is it exactly, shared account or payment instrument?
> Apple explained to him in very clear terms what the issue was and was told exactly what he needed to do in order to resolve it
I don't think this ever happens when Apple auto-closes an account for what Apple thinks is fraud. Apple is ruthlessly secretive. You have to go to press just to get Apple to make a statement.
"A few hours ago I received a “Notice of Termination” email, saying that my account was terminated due to fraudulent conduct. I called them again and they said they can’t provide more information."
Later: "Apple contacted me and told me they found evidence of App Store review manipulation. This is something I’ve never done. Apple’s decision is final and can’t be appealed."
It's basically the same with all of those giant tech corporations. They auto-close accounts for no apparent reason and refuse to tell people why.
> Not sure if you have some kind of interest in Popescu or a need to defend him.
I have an interest in truth and accuracy. I don't think your claims are true and accurate.
> He defamed himself.
I disagree.
> turns out he hid the fact and then only quietly admitted that he knew about the account sharing. Understand now?
I understand but dispute this claim. What is your evidence, including the specific timeline?
I've already provided multiple links with extensive coverage of the story.
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I very much doubt an LLM is going to do that without explicitly being prompted to do so.
It is what he claims happened: https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/09/mea-culpa-dark-hours...
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So I guess browsers category is also satured and we just get to accept?
There are way more astrology apps than browsers. Like the numbers aren’t even close. I would love to live in a world with that much browser choice!!
This is basically the Bill Clinton move ('is there a relationship' can be parsed differently from 'was there a relationship')... Is there astrology in this app? No. Was there..? Yes. And the person complaining skipped mentioning that detail about their app
Terry Godier has just published a so-called "Mea Culpa" blaming Claude for cloning the open source app and denying foreknowledge. There's no mention of or apology for how Godier deceived Gruber and the world about the astronomy/astrology App Store submission/rejection. https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/08/09/mea-culpa-dark-hours...
Anyone who trusts Terry Godier after this is a fool.
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> Stealing an open source repo It's in poor taste for sure but let's not pretend that the chosen license is doing him any favors: https://github.com/mbeher2200/DarkHours/blob/813cf85/LICENSE Hate to see people fall for the “fewer restrictions == more Free” fallacy. Profit-driven entities love when smart people publish MIT code that they can feed off of without giving anything back. Nor is the copycat project prevente…
Can confirm. I used to hate when people published their code under MIT instead of GPL. But now that I work at a startup that competes with a few open source offerings, I love having Claude check in on their progress and port the content over.
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Can confirm. I used to hate when people published their code under MIT instead of GPL. But now that I work at a startup that competes with a few open source offerings, I love having Claude check in on their progress and port the content over.
> But now that I work at a startup that competes with a few open source offerings, I love having Claude check in on their progress and port the content over. I hope that eventually you gain from society exactly what you’ve given.