Perhaps, but just because he gave the money back to the "evil bank" instead of a charity doesn't mean it wasn't noble. He stayed within the limits of the law, and now instead of looking like a sneaky anti-system Robin Hood, he's fought a larger cause of awareness. Rather than justice mimmic the cruel, but legal, injustices performed by the banks by spending their wad of cash, he turned it around and gave it back while keeping some form of integrity.

While people seem to think that placing PayPal links in the article was begging, I don't see people complaining about 37 Signals placing order forms on the web on the Basecamp demo page. So, let me understand... Because he gave the story away for free, asking for a tip makes him lame, but companies who flat out charge for a product are not?