… even if you buy the apps at full price you are still supporting MacHeist and are supporting their “sophmoric hijinks”. Honestly, they did that and they were caught and it is over.

Even if they did do some immature and irresponsible things, that does not take away from the fact that these applications are priceless and well developed. I don’t think people should be kept from getting these great apps just because they feel they are supporting MacHeist in an unwanted way. Being a college student, getting apps for a large discount like this strongly curves my urge to pirate apps that are VERY expensive (yes i understand the moral/ethical/legal details that it involves), since affording to purchase all of these apps seperately would be much more difficult.

By purchasing apps from MacHeist, whether at full price or not, I feel I am supporting the time spent creating these applications, and would strongly take into consideration paying a firm price for upgrades/etc since the apps are so good. I feel that my financial support is to further development and upgrades for the future. Whether or not they make an immature decision or two along the way, that is for them to decide, but I do not feel I am directly supporting those immature decisions just because I decide to pay for software (and get a good deal if they offer it!)