Droid Marketplace: LauncherPro Massive Fail

Today the free version of LauncherPro that I had installed on my phone completely bricked the phone. It insisted that I update the app by blocking access to everything and opening up the browser to take me to the launcherpro site. The problem was that the site was down. There was nothing to do. I could not even make a phone call. It had blocked everything. Apps like this are pure evil. But that is besides the point. I think that Apps like this are why the uncurated Droid Marketplace will never beat the App store. Developers can make a change in a newer version that fundamentally change the quality of the app but ratings from the previous versions carry over.