When your only choice is to stick with the buggy old release or pay again for what is obviously the exact same game with an important bug fix, the obvious solution is to no longer support Sega on Android in any shape or form.
Sega has clearly fixed the code to release this updated 'classic' version. Now, what I find so curious is why the customers who supported Sega by paying for the original premium release are blatantly being left with a buggy game that will never see another update. Another side effect of pulling the game is the fact that it will never see another update, so it will not only stay bug-ridden, but it will inevitably become incompatible with the OS the further Android is updated. Anyone who paid for the game still has access to the title, but whether or not it runs is wholly dependent on whether you experience the downloader bug or not. Then in 2016, it was removed from the Play Store thanks to an issue with the downloader code. The original Android version hit the store in 2011, and it was priced at $1.99 and had no ads or in-app purchases.
This is not Sega's first Sonic CD title on Android. Okay, so I would like to take a moment to explain why you should probably avoid giving Sega any of your money for this re-release.
