I know he is being praised for this attitude but he didn't know from his original post what his intentions were.
I hate to point out the obvious here as well but what if the original poster was simply just lying? What if he was back tracking as he felt guilty and was just showing some empathy to the developer?
As he did, he gifted the app to him. Why didn't the guy get a friend to do that? Why didn't he get a voucher?
I must admit, if my true intentions were to crack the app because I had no means of paying for it officially, I would have stated that in the first post as I would have felt a moral guilt to do so.
It has turned out well for the developer and I really wish him the best of luck. I hope he does make a lot of cash out of this.
The biggest thing to come out of all of this is not that it's best to take the moral high road or karma is rewarding him etc etc. Its the unexpected power of a viral news article. Not to say that this was scripted conversation, I truly believe that this is authentic but I bet you find a lot of similar stories erupting with this type of behaviour now.
I hate to point out the obvious here as well but what if the original poster was simply just lying? What if he was back tracking as he felt guilty and was just showing some empathy to the developer?
As he did, he gifted the app to him. Why didn't the guy get a friend to do that? Why didn't he get a voucher?
I must admit, if my true intentions were to crack the app because I had no means of paying for it officially, I would have stated that in the first post as I would have felt a moral guilt to do so.
It has turned out well for the developer and I really wish him the best of luck. I hope he does make a lot of cash out of this.
The biggest thing to come out of all of this is not that it's best to take the moral high road or karma is rewarding him etc etc. Its the unexpected power of a viral news article. Not to say that this was scripted conversation, I truly believe that this is authentic but I bet you find a lot of similar stories erupting with this type of behaviour now.