Apparently.
Sounds like he was treating his listeners like a bunch of saps then. I guess making more money was more important to him than maintaining his integrity.
You're confused.
Rush was taking money for promoting a (hopefully) safe product over competing brands. Some listeners might have found use for the service, and apparently plenty of people do. If there are saps in his audience, like you for example, that's not Rush's fault. Anyway, those commercials always reminded me to do an updated backup of my own stuff.
Thanks, Rush!