Yeah okay, sure, whatever you say. I'm not your therapist and I don't care that you're seemingly conflicted about this, but is my OPINION that you should stop being snide to people and not-so-cheekily assume that the poor poor dev only asked not to pirate their game in exchange for dubious, unasked-for charity (worthless, but again that's just my opinion).
I will have to take your word on devs here having "a different perspective," because I haven't seen it unless you're talking about things to do with development that don't have to be on this forum.
The devs who are already one of us and directly interact with the community typically also don't complain about piracy because they're not that stupid, hence no issues or conflict.