For those that are requesting refunds because the Buddy team is releasing a free version, be sure to try that version first. I did, and what I discovered was a couple things:
1) As the Buddy Team has the ability to modify code to the core Honorbuddy, they can make changes to improve functionality to improve their version that the 3rd party botbases cannot (IE, change the mesh calls, etc.) This has a side effect of potentially breaking the 3rd party botbases until they modify to use the new API.
2) The GarrisonBuddy free botbase (ironic name considering GarrisonButler's roots), has 0 configuration options. If you don't want it to fill up the work orders on your dwarven bunker... tough. Also, I found that it got stuck in an infinite loop trying to upgrade a follower I had that was already 675. Do I want it to auto-upgrade my followers? I'm not sure. Maybe a setting would be nice!
3) GarrisonButler was the first. All the other botbases started with the innovations that the GarrisonButler team put into play first. At the end of the day, Deems drove out innovation and set the bar that the other botbases had to match. I haven't seen evidence that the new free version will be as innovative.
4) Everyone was given a trial opportunity to use GarrisonButler. Everything was above board. There wasn't a free version available. You may have even profited for up to 5 months because you had GarrisonButler while those that didn't fell behind. Further, GarrisonButler's team didn't create GarrisonBuddy (again, ironic name), so are not obligated to respond to their releases. No one is entitled to a refund (unless they recently purchases GarrisonButler, in which case make DAMN sure you really want to forgo all future updates since you can never buy it again in the future!)