I used the All In One SEO plugin on all my WordPress sites a few years ago but I'm not a technical person, so it became more and more complicated for me to configure or even know for certain that my settings were making any difference.

This is one of the main reasons why I switched to Yoast as it was less technical and more simple for me to setup and understand.

Although I think Syed Balkhi is the perfect person to change the future of the plugin as he knows what WordPress users want and as he plans on simplifying the plugin, I will certainly consider switching back in the future.

From my own experience, a massive amount of people use WordPress to build their sites because it's less technical and simple for beginners, so the plugin will do much better if focusing on that segment of the market.

I'm looking forward to checking out the plugin once Awesome Motive have updated the interface based on their own insights of this growing market.