This reminds me of one of Mitch Hedberg's more famous jokes: "I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too."

How refreshing, a correct usage of "the exception that proves the rule"!

And there goes four hours of my night to wikipedia

One can assume that, but that's not what it says. The statement that the editor is free during beta could mean "we haven't figured out whether to sell it after the beta, sell services around it, or develop integration with our other services and keep it free to enhance our overall value proposition."