In reply to Collins Agbonghama.

"We have gotten a ton of request over the years from profilepress users to allow users to upload avatar especially one that integrates with default WP profile. That is why I acquired the WP User Avatar plugin. And since I think they are complementary, I decided to merge them."

Over the years, you have gotten a ton of requests from profilepress users to allow uploading of avatars, but you decided to merge your membership plugin into a plugin that had 400,000 people who weren't your users. What on earth gave you the notion that the 400,000 users who weren't asking for your membership plugin to be added to the avatar plugin, would welcome your intrusion?

Wouldn't logic dictate that you would merge the code from the avatar plugin (which would not require your acquisition of the avatar plugin) into a profilepress plugin that has YOUR users? I actually don't buy that explanation for the very reason you stated. Your users were asking, not the 400,000 who weren't.

Truthfully, I believe you purchased the avatar plugin for the 400,000 users, hoping to get a portion of them to buy into your business. And you didn't care one bit about those who didn't want to be disturbed by your hack.