"As is always the case" was in regards to it being a text file that you download, which has the download links on it. Not in regards to not having to buy a new update
In fact, in all the AVN devs on this site, you MIGHT find about 5 that will give you all future updates for free. This isn't one of them. But, if you dl v9 or 10 or whatever number, you DO get all versions before that. So buy v10, and you get 1-10... when they get to v10
