Gonna have to wait for someone from the community to come along and profile the game to find that 10 Mb json file of in-app purchase items being parsed in O(n*2).
I presume the GP is referring to the GTA V fix, which was only 18 months ago [0].. having been ever present in a game that had been out for over 6 years!
I think it'll be referred to for years to come as an example of not only how seemingly simple decisions can come back to haunt you, but also how patient users can be if they really want to play something..