WEll, here's the thing. I'm a typical mainstream joe-consumer type. I'm not a heavy techie. I don't go down the the local small computer store, buy OEM parts, and assemble my own machine. I go out and get a whole new Dell or something when I can afford an upgrade. As such, it's very frustrating for me to be told my a company that I should be the one who has to hunt down their older versions of software on the internet.
Yes, I do back up my software, but after a couple versions, I tend to purge the old CD's. Otherwise I would have stacks and stacks of CDR's sitting around. Maybe that's fine for some people, but it just annoys me.
What I'm getting at, is that there is a kind of "elitist" mentality that goes along with smaller software companies such as JRiver / MediaJukebox who cater to the shareware audience. It's the same mindset that makes people hate anyone @aol.com, or despise those who ask what regedit does. I'm a little above that level, but still. Should I be punished because I haven't had the time or inclination to go out and spend the time learning everything there is to know about computers? It's like being scorned by your mechanic because you've never personally dropped in a camshaft or rebuilt your transmission. I guess perhaps I have purchased a product not intended for the general public, but rather intended for a very small niche in the computing world.