1. Why you bought it is irrelevant to the question of what their incentives are. 2. That people are willing to effectively pay in advance for a future release

1. Why you bought it is irrelevant to the question of what their incentives are. 2. That people are willing to effectively pay in advance for a future release without any guarantees what they will get for it is irrelevant to the question of whether you have the lever to shut off that cash flow if they continue to not deliver any updates of value to you, while still using the existing version. In other words: You are simply missing the point.