[devmor]

Normally, I would take this at face value. But from the company that just started charging users to allow them to skip upgrades, it feels like more nickel and dime tactics to me.

[palijer]

Not to me. A company had a problem (version spread) so they fixed it.

Then the community asked for a feature, the company implemented it at a price point.

[devmor]

Or from the other end:

The users had a choice, so the company took it away.

The users wanted their choice back, so the company held it at ransom.