How much money have you paid the author of SQLiteStudio?
It is offered free of charge, so why should it be despicable to use it free of charge? Maybe they do actually donate to the project, contribute code, or support in other means.
For example this very post where they thank the author is probably a source of motivation and acknowledgement that might have a positive impact on the project. They could have refrained from doing this but instead they took the time to write a very enthusiastic comment.
> Maybe they do actually donate to the project, contribute code, or support in other means.
Maybe instead of shaming, the question is a cue for them to mention one of those things.
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In the US it's Thanskgiving week. It's nice to give thanks. It can also be nice to give other things -- like support to a project that has saved/made your company non-trivial money. Not required, but nice.
To be clear, I think it would be fair if they answer something like: "I am trying to get my company to contribute... but as my original story showed, my company is pretty shitty at making simple decisions." :)
Not one other person in these comments mentions paying for this work. That is worth embarrassing those who are all talk, no action. They are doing worse than ordinary virtue signalling--they're phony virtue signaling.
Giving compliments are fine, but put them in the donation message box.