No-one said "Sooloos 3" was going to be free. They did say it has been built from the ground up since 2010, which is a lot of development time. So it would be reasonable for it to have been chargeable even if it had stayed with Meridian.

On the other hand 2.2 was a free update, and Meridian have stated their commitment to Sooloos 2.x going forward.

You have a choice. Nothing to complain about.

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