Back then i didn't know about 7zip and it was "only" 30 euros anyway (i am more angry about 50 euros i paid for Far Cry 2 and 50 euros for Far Cry 3).
If you use browser scripts, this is amazing for downloading Youtube videos: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/62634 And if you really want Google's servers to hate you, combine it with DownThemAll! to multithread the download
Oh, ouch. I know that feel, bro. This thread's made me feel better, to see that everyone experiences software elitism. I get it really bad with antivirus software, when someone says they use AVG I shudder internally and have to bite back really nerdy comments about detection rates and heuristic analysis.