Michael Bryner opined:
“Why do companies think everyone is made out of money”
Logically they’d not be “companies” if they didn’t look to making money.
Here’s the thing – nobody has a gun to your back, Michael. There’s nobody twisting your arm.
This is an open source site. The authors have released a product, here, under the GPL. They are complying with the GPL in the full spirit of it.
It costs time to write code – and even money. If you’re happy to work for free – or not work at all – that’s your business. But the world doesn’t owe any of us a living.
You have other options – use BuddyPress
I’m not even going to comment on the browserco’s baseless aspersions.
I can’t see any reason why this plugin couldn’t achieve what the OP wanted – with code. The idea is to extend WordPress – not provide a use case for every scenario. Reviews like this are truly unfair – I mean – because Person A wants to achieve Outcome X they give it a lower rating?