I'm not defending Yazsoft's business practices (and I have not decided to purchase the 5.0 upgrade). But can we please at least stick with the facts in regards to the function of the software. It's primarily a download accelerator. Unlike the built-in download functions of browsers like Safari and Firefox, it can attempt to use multiple connections for a single downloadable file. If you have the Internet bandwidth available to you, it will absolutely accelerate the download in most cases.

I've see 1GB files come down at the full 4MB/s (bytes, not bits) of my pipe. Without SD, that download would take 4-5 times as long (it attempts 5 connections per download by default).

If you download lots of little files or are still on a 56K modem, then it may be "useless" for you. But clearly it has an all time "4 star" rating for a reason. And prior to this upgrade fiasco, I can say by personal experience that the developer is responsive to bug reports & such.

So I'm hoping cooler heads will prevail and something will get worked out between the MacHeist managers and Yazsoft. (And then maybe I will get a free upgrade too!) But PLEASE stop posting "reviews" of this version that have nothing to do with the software itself.