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I haven't changed my opinion on this, though given all the chances to errata that have not been taken, I no longer think this was some kind of error.
But, still, I think the basic bounded spellcasting benefits (BBSB) should be:
Usually gained at 6th level, these feats give you a 1st-rank spell slot and a 2nd-rank spell slot from that magical tradition. If you have a spell repertoire, you can select one spell from your repertoire as a signature spell. Archetypes refer to these benefits as the “basic bounded spellcasting benefits.” At 8th level, you replace your 1st-rank spell slot with a 3rd-rank spell slot. At 10th level, you replace your 2nd rank spell slot with a 4th rank spell slot.
instead of
Usually gained at 6th level, these feats give you a 1st-level spell slot and a 2nd-level spell slot from that magical tradition. If you have a spell repertoire, you can select one spell from your repertoire as a signature spell. Archetypes refer to these benefits as the “basic bounded spellcasting benefits.” At 10th level, you replace your 1st-level spell slot with a 3rd-level spell slot.
This would:
-give the feat chain something happening at all even levels-reflect an appropriate increase in power over the level 4 Basic spellcasting benefits (BSB)
-have it compliment instead of being overshadowed by BSB. If you somehow wound up with both on the same character, these feats might feel like side grades to each other instead of one clearly being better
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If regular spellcasting archetypes get a breadth feat to let you get more lower-rank spell slots, why not have bounded spellcasting archetypes provide a higher-level feat that lets you bump up your bounded spellcasting slots by a rank? That way, for the same feat investment you'd get bounded slots to play with that'd offer a valid tradeoff relative to a full caster archetype, i.e. more higher-rank slots in exchange for fewer slots overall.