In April of 2024, I said that people like BwE need serious therapy. I knew something was wrong. it was more than him simply treating customers poorly.
He worked really hard to become the best in his little corner, and he earned that. but rather than share his findings for good, he used it as the means to exert control over other people. He knew he could get away with creating arbitrary rules, applying them inanely & abusively, and then humiliating & berating his customers since there was no place else for them to go. anytime he got called out on it he'd go full bitch with his "i was only banning xyz number of people for doing abc" - but look at how he talked to uber micro repairs. he was a toddler and a passive aggressive bitch. He literally said you shouldn't care if you lost access to the software since you haven't used it in 3 months anyway. That's insane.
IMO, BwE is the type of person who would corner a cat to fuck with it just to beat it into submission & make it realize he's in control. People like this, in my experience, get off on that. He created a situation where he had all the power and he exploited that position to fuck with people endlessly.
I give people lots of chances to change. In my experience, people like him never change. He claims he unbanned everyone he's ever banned, so at least they get access back. I messaged him many times, my friends messaged him many times. He says we all wanted free software but I don't even fix playstations. Last one I worked on was modding a playstation 1 in the late 90s.
The way he talked to people in those conversations, is likely how he spoke to, and dealt with, people in every aspect of his life. For me, the true test of character isn't how you act & who you are, it's how you act & who you are when you have legitimate power & influence over other people. He failed that test every single day.
He doesn't have to have ever messed with someone underaged to have been a complete piece of shit, in my opinion. Any of that is icing on the cake.