XF is cheaper because by the time you buy enough add ons to match vB4's core product you've spent over $1000.00. XF doesn't even sniff vB 4.x for add ons and modifications. Some of us like to test the lite version of add ons before we decide whether or not the product is worth paying for. If all that a developer offers is a premium version I guarantee they'll never sell it to me. I never install anything on any site, my own or any client's, without having fully tested it. I'm not paying to test an add on. I'm not going through the nonsense that comes with being sold a bad product. vB can make any policy they so choose but a knowledgeable consumer never purchases anything that cannot be tested first.
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