There were a lot of good intentions, but layered on was a need to profit and time that we just didn't have to improve negative points in gameplay and monetization. It's all very unfortunate.
You said you're working to become a game dev, so here's a recent "state of the industry" pdf. I haven't had time to read through it but hear it's quite good.
The inherent issue has now been resolved on Switch so ALL devices are safe to play on. If you're still getting the version mismatch error, please write in as shown on the edited original post and we'll get it resolved.
In addition, we're looking into ways to fix all accounts either in batches or at once. This is not a guarantee, so again if you have the issue please write in.
Yes, will announce on Discord and ping subscribers when it is.