I might even understand if she would say something like "It's not worth it to me and I'm not going to do it... Sorry."
But what baffles me is that she has continued to imply that she hasn't done anything wrong, made a point to say that people are overreacting, and even questioned their sanity. Wow. PR nightmare.
I can't tell if it's a PR nightmare or not. A quick look at Twitter shows a ton of people claiming that they're purchasing copies just to support her. Her company is certainly getting lots more press than it has in a while.
Good point. I guess I more accurately meant it would be a PR nightmare for me... I just couldn't feed good about pissing off so many people, even if it did ultimately increase my sales.
Oh definitely. And the (to my eye) overly supportive reaction has most definitely surprised me - my impression was that we expected more from small devs, not less; but if Microsoft, Google, or Apple had made a similar move, I don't imagine it would have been met with a throng rushing to buy the new version to support the company in the face of a few people being inappropriately rude. Will be interesting to see what effect this has on Sophiestication long term.
But what baffles me is that she has continued to imply that she hasn't done anything wrong, made a point to say that people are overreacting, and even questioned their sanity. Wow. PR nightmare.