Truth be told, no one knows the whole story, but that no longer matters because MyVMK is alive and well... with some minor or even major hiccups here and there of course.
:) Since you said Alienware... I know that Dell pre-loads software onto their devices. I hate pre-loaded software and I usually uninstall unnecessary pre-installed applications or just re-install Windows as a fresh copy, then pick whatever applications I want from the website. Or at least...
I was told lots of what you're talking about are just accusations made by someone that told everybody that they were doing these things just because he got fired. This guy, Steve, used donations to buy himself a monitor. The team didn't want donations to happen in the first place, so he was fired.