Hi, I use Scrivener for Windows only. For what it’s worth, my view of it is this:
I’m fairly new to the boards and have been using the program for years without knowing a thing about the MacOS version, the 3 Beta, or the various types of drama going on in all the discussions.
To establish my perspective, I’m also a ‘retired’ Software Engineer who is now writing fiction and using Scrivener mostly for that purpose, though I also have it set up to help me collect family stories for my genealogy research.
As far as I’m concerned, whether Scrivener 3 comes out now or later, and whether Scrivener for Android comes out at all or not (I kind of hope it does someday), I have made a purchase of a program with a one-time payment, and I have found the product that I received to be worth the payment I made to acquire it.
I remember that whenever I read the ‘it isn’t out yet!?’ posts and the blog updates about its progress. I really did get what I paid for. I read the feature list before I made the purchase, and even tried it out as a trial program. I knew what I wanted, and why I was willing to spend money on this that I haven’t spent on Microsoft Office. (I use Libre Office, if anybody was curious.)
So while of course I am eager to see what Scrivener 3 looks like, I have the tool that I paid for and I can do with it what I intended to do with it. So I’m pretty much okay with everything.
And if I really had to have what Scrivener 3 is at this point, I could just download the beta. In fact, I did it, and tried it, and then decided to stay on 1.9 for now ‘just in case’, since ‘production’ projects really shouldn’t be kept on betas. (Being a ‘retired’ software engineer and long-time computer user, I also back up my projects and such.)
I know how discussions like these often go. There are a few people who are frustrated on one side, and a few people on the other side who feel attacked, so I just kind of wanted to speak up as someone who is satisfied with what I got for what I paid, and will be looking forward to the opportunity for more - when it comes. I didn’t really buy the tool for what it might be in the future. I bought it for what it does.