The real cost of a free product

I just clicked on one of the banners that shows up top of the forum. The sniping on real people got my curiosity up. I was taken to a George Brown presentation pitching his Google Sniper 'for free'.

I thought WOW, isn't that supposed to be a pretty good program? And he is giving it away for free? So I watched the rest of the video.

Eventually he started saying he wanted a donation, and I thought I was going to be asked to cough up what I could afford, or maybe what I thought it was worth, I wasn't sure.

Eventually he tells me the cost he is asking, and it is $47 for this free program.

I'm so confused

I don't remember if the George Brown program was a good one or not. The video is enticing, as it was made by the expert marketer George Brown. But I am a bit pissed off because of the way he talks about free and then phases into $47.

Is it worth $47? Who knows? Maybe some of you do because you have purchased it. If so, I would love to hear from you. But that wasn't the purpose of this post, the purpose was to talk about the free product being $47 and how I find that to be somewhat offensive.

Edit: I am still on the fence about buying it. I just can't make up my mind.