YTK Basic will indeed be coming out soon enough. The largest reason for such impedances in the development and production of YTK Basic is the simple fact that there are so many satisfied YTK Pro users that the developers (mind you, there are only 2 of them) have become overwhelmed with feature requests and improvements for those that have indeed purchased copies of the product. You seemingly understand a bit about the business world, surely you realize that priorities have to be established; YTK Pro takes priority over YTK Basic.
It is indeed understandable that you have had bad experiences with getting 'booted', and from the sounds of it, you were hit pretty hard. You are correct, it does happen, and it is devastating when it does. (The concept of actual damage to your PC is debatable, but I'd like to not go into that here.) YTK Pro is, as of now, is
100% unbootable with the features that it now includes.
You can read more about how and why
here, and you can also seek the testimonials of any of the current YTK Pro users, even myself. =) Being on dial-up internet, I too am completely unbootable. I hope that helps reassure you. Now as far as Y!Tunnel is concerned...I'd like to tread lightly so as not to implicitly slander or insult the program or its author, as they're both respectable. Y!Tunnel has only 1 author, who is and has been undoubtedly hard pressed to keep the protection schemes up-to-date and efficient. As time has proven, the unyielding wrath of programmers across Yahoo! have proven to be more than 1 person can cope with. YTK Pro, however, has 2 developers that are dead-set concerned about your security, privacy, and overall protection on Yahoo!.
The apparent insistence and importance Adam and Brock take in the protection of their customers is evident throughout the release notes and explanations they give on the YTK Pro forums. As far as the excuses and for lack of a better word, bullsh*t that people make up when you do get booted, that is a mere history lesson as far as YTK is concerned. If you're having an issue, I, and everyone else on the support team will be unwavering in our continual support and assistance to the utmost extent of our capability. =) If you, or any user reading this thread for that matter ever have a problem, do not hesitate to request help at the
YTK Pro Community Support Forum. We greatly hope this helps you conquer your stereotypes and misunderstandings. =)
Venom (aka kingofchaos6669) and the YTK Pro Staff
P.S. For those who keep track of this topic, Build 254a has been released, with 2 new anti-boot options, including C-Mode and Gawd Mode (Gawd Mode provides 100% unbootability). Find information about build 254a
here and like mentioned above, you can find information about C-Mode and Gawd Mode
here.
