As your boss, I respectfully ask that you stop pulling things out of your ass when you clearly know nothing of the business world. You're fired.
Name me a single software product on the market today that allows you lifetime updates for a single one time fixed fee? Show me a single software product, or hardware for that matter that when an update is needed or a version change happens continues to update it's product without some additional fee.
The fact is that subscription based software development is the only way to keep up with an environment that is perpetually changing, you're one time 33$ fee was less than some iphone apps, and yet all I see on this forum is a bunch of people crying about the questing not working...
How much HB has earned is completely and totally irrelevant - if you think for ONE minute a good business model is to provide lifetime customer service and update for a one time fee, you clearly have far less business experience than, well than any actual business owner.
Even apple, the all triumphant 700B company doesn't provide that level of customer service, and sure as hell doesn't provide it for free. Have you ever tried to get your iphone fixed with apple care and out of warranty?
Virtually every manufacturer and developer in the world is changing or has changed to subscription based software support for this very reason (oracle, cisco, vmware, HP, F5, I could probably name 50) - the days of having a perpetual license are gone, because it's a one time fixed fee revenue, where as stream based revenue looks much better on the books and continues to fund ONGOING development rather than single product development. If there is one thing I am well acquainted with it's the life cycle of software development and how to monetize it.
My point is simple - These guys aren't dragging their feet, I Assure you they want to release a product that is safe and stable as badly as everyone wants it - and if you don't believe that's the mentality they have perhaps you should look elsewhere for product and support.