On the fence about this. I liked the original post format, was entertaining, but am a little gun shy of actually downloading. If this is true and a lot of people are it would definitely be worth the dev fee.
with so many people downloading and trying, and confirming it's working, i think reduces the risk. but each should make their own risk assessment. personally im trying it out on a spare machine with a fresh W10 install, pretty much nothing else installed.
agree with you about the dev fee, reward where it's due!
or a personal note, i was on the fence about getting some vega cards...well not anymore!