That's just called 'being a jerk ass'.
If you pay a cent knowing you're costing them more money than if you pirated the stuff you are absolute scum.
Why? I don't pirate because I care about the law and property rights like all good citizens should. If developers are going to be silly and give their stuff away though, I'm going to take advantage of it. If it's so horrible to only pay a few cents for something, maybe they should, I dunno, charge more than a few cents.
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SubDeity wants to vote for Calvin Coolidge. [Evil Republican]
Play Der Langrisser.