To find myself being part of a religious cult is quite bad news for me as a live long atheist.😂 

Jokes aside, I think this is not the right analogy. Poser user seems to be loyal to the software, yes. But they have no say in the development of the software whatsoever. The once who are making the decision for the development path of a software usually don't engage in public discussion about the pros and cons of the software, let alone trying to covert people who use other programs. I think there is a correlation between a loyal user base who isn't very critical and a development team that's is bond to an owner who doesn't care. A situation we had in the past with Smithmicro. Bondware seems to be an owner with a plan and good intentions for my favorite software.