Seriously. people should be compensated for their time. Maybe someone who lives in a basement pirating software all day doesn't feel people should be paid for their work. I don't know. What I do know is being able to download an updated mod that works on modern systems and have it work without any tweaking is WELL worth the 3 dollar asking price. Seriously. pay three dollars and it works right away, or search online for hours, download it from some sketchy site, then tweak it for awhile to make it work? It's a no-brainer. I'm a software dev and it's EASILY a no-brainer.
Just because an old mod, for old hardware was available in the past, doesn't mean that people who took the time to update the mod, spend time testing it on modern equipment, with modern OS's shouldn't be compensated for their time! good grief. 2.99 to take the guesswork away and save myself a couple hours of headache? WELL WORTH IT! My time is worth WAY more an hour than 3 measley bucks.