Look, I'll eat crow and publicly say I was wrong, but I'm getting tired of these conspiracy theories with zero evidence.
Vader had to be grossing 1-2 million a month, despite people complaining about buffering issues. People were still constantly signing up, and the chat groups kept growing and growing. In eight years, I've never had a service that didn't buffer somewhat on some channels. For what I used Vader for, I rarely even had issues.
People keep saying they took money and ran, yet they would of kept making a shit ton of money.
Not to mention, I'd say 90% of their subs came in thru a reseller, who was getting, I'm guessing, at least 30% of the subscribers payment.
This makes absolutely no financial sense to turn down millions a month, when staying open another year would provide them an additional $12-25M in sales.
So, if someone can clear this up with actual proof, I'll grab a pitch fork, and eat crow.. But, until then, move on. Have people forgotten they're playing around in a illegal / gray legal arena?
update changed "making" to "grossing" because it's reddit, and people focus on the wrong thing.