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I assume that these enhancements would be the base for the next generation of PT; however, would not be limited to that. These might be the first steps but certainly not the last. Regardless, IMHO, even these improvements you listed would be well worth an upgrade fee. That is certainly up to the end-user though.

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I completely agree, I'm sure there will be other things. That is the problem though. We shouldn't be forced into features when alternates exist for free.

A 3betting field is not worth it to me alone. All this requires is adding a "PF_3bet" field to a table in the database then attachment a small calculation to it.

I wouldn't be surprised if PT:TNG had a type of grapher built into it too. Sure, that's neat, but Poker Grapher has been doing this for years and it's working today.

Sometimes as a developer you just have to bite the bullet and not try to squeeze profits when you have an urge to re-design your app from the ground up.

When an app needs to be redesigned from the ground up, this means the developer was at fault. He underestimated the market of the app in addition to user requests/demands when initially coding the app.

It doesn't mean the developer is an idiot though. If anything it shows the developer isn't an idiot. He/They were able to provide users what they want with this inferior code structure.

Now, fast forward a couple years and it's getting to be a huge mess. He/They decide to rewrite it, and now we have to pay for a new package but we (the end user) see nothing but prettier icons and features that already exist.

I could be way off here, and they do indeed have crazy things up their sleeves that will make the upgrade fee well worth it, but I'll have to see it to believe it. As a developer and someone who has followed many software packages I'm pretty skeptical when a developer starts saying "zomg new design, new features, ...oh yeah you will have to repurchase the app".