I agree, comparing the 2 versions 1.x and 2.x the development time seems to be vastly longer for 2.x than getting 1.x out to the masses.
From what I read from their scant posts, there is nothing special about 2.x. It's just different coding to improve 3rd party development. Make some things faster ect.
As for bugs in 1.x there are 2 pages of bugs for future fix. Not show stoppers but bugs none the less. So out comes 2.x. More bugs, more time fixing 2.x but there are still the 1.x bugs for some unforeseeable future fix.
2.x isn't going to be a be all to end all that 1.x was when it first came out so I don't see any reason to renew all my 12 licenses any time soon for promises.
Just my 2c