Hi @naturepassion,
Why do you believe the developers are fake?
The plugin available here is free. The $1499 is for a 200 site license of our Premium plugin.
Could you elaborate on the bugs you are referring to? We’d love to take a look at them.
Thanks!
First installation and configuration can not go beyond step 1

Hi @naturepassion,
Can you please check for javascript errors? If you don’t know how, please check out https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-find-javascript-errors-with-your-browsers-console/. We’d love to figure out what’s going wrong.
In the meantime, you can configure the plugin manually. It’s not mandatory to follow the installation wizard. You will need to enable the advanced features of the plugin. These can be enabled by going to SEO -> Dashboard -> Features and enabling the Advanced features settings, then saving.
Thanks!