The tragedy is that it could all have been averted by numbering the 2.5 release as 3.0. From the comments on her original blog post my impression is that most c

The tragedy is that it could all have been averted by numbering the 2.5 release as 3.0. From the comments on her original blog post my impression is that most complainers don't seem to understand that version numbers are arbitrarily defined by the developer. It's not hard to imagine she might have gotten good PR by announcing that v3 is out and, per the promise, a simple paid purchase through the app store.