Swiftkey for Android is a great keyboard if you aren't running Android 4.1.x

I have been using Swiftkey for Android for a long time, based on a recommendation from Lifehacker.com.  When it is enabled, it works very well and the predictive text is one of the best I have used.  The problem is, after my Samsung Galaxy S2 was updated to 4.1.2 and  then an update for Swiftkey came out, the phone will no longer keep it as the default keyboard.  It only looses the default setting when  phone is turned off and even though it is an easy fix, it is a paid application, that shouldn’t require users to go through the hassle.
I did some research and found a thread on Swiftkey’s support forum about the issue and their answer is, it’s a problem with how Google’s Play store installs the application on the phone.  I would assume that there is some way to fix the code problem but I guess it’s easier and cheaper for Swiftkey just to ignore the users who already paid for their application and blame Google.
Update:  Oddly enough, the day after I posted this, the keyboard is staying as the default without me having to do into the settings.