Yes, I know that and that wasn't my point. And neither does Alien Blue for that matter. My point was that I didn't want to pay for iAlien's "new app" which was anything but a new app. I am happy to pay for new features, but there weren't any new features and the iAlien developer was claiming he had to re-submit the app (and require everyone to re-buy the Pro features) due to (IIRC) Alien Blue claiming naming issues which seemed pretty suspicious to me.

And now I just went to the app store to check on iAlien and it appears to be available again as iAlien and has been updated. Maybe whatever the problem was was resolved and it wasn't actually a problem in the first place? I wish someone who knew what was going on could explain, would be enlightening ;)

EDIT: Nope, there was definitely some controversy:

http://www.reddit.com/r/AlienBlue/comments/1wk2n3/the_ialien...

http://www.reddit.com/r/ialien/comments/1wbtqe/ialien_has_be...

Apparently some iAlien lovers with their head in the sand are harassing me here ;)

You are being downvoted because iAlien and their (alleged scam) has nothing to do with the discussion of the topic, which is Alien blue getting acquired.

Well, my point was about trying to choose a good reddit client, making the (wrong) choice of iAlien (and why that choice ended up being wrong), ending up with Blue Alien and being happy with it in the end only to find out that I need to be on high alert to ensure I'm not charged (again) to get the same functionality that I've paid for twice.

I understand that the scam that was iAlien isn't really anything to do with Alien Blue (I've mentioned numerous times that I'm now happy with Alien Blue), but that the quote:

"Our whole philosphy has been to give our users choice. We’ve got the reddit AMA app, and alienblue coming out… but we really want users to use whatever they want."

means that it is hard to find the right client for iOS. The point being that I'm someone who seeks an informed opinion, not making a reddit client (or any other client) decision lightly, but still got burned. I get the "freedom to choose", but the fact that iAlien was a scam means that more visibility on the "bad" actors here would be useful for users.

Apparently I wasn't 100% clear on the issue I was trying to present, and instead of starting a positive dialog, it turned into "downvote the anti-choice guy". I just wish that a downvote would require a reason for the downvote instead of just a "shut that guy down."