Yes, I know there are many folks around who think like you. And it's exactly your thinking process that is whacked. You think you would have some sort of power to gain financially - very naive of you. Even if you got away with it for a while, it would only be for a while.
Such thinking is so destructive and very negative for others, as well as yourself in the long run. If you want to take that road, cry baby, then live it up while you can.
I would report bugs and take the cash for them. Google doesn't have to offer anything, but they have, which is a positive thing. Now we just need to see how many constructive, positive persons would be happy just to report bugs, much less get paid something for them. I know there are many who like finding bugs just for the challenge of it. Cash is a bonus to most, excepting those, such as yourself, who feel somehow entitled to more. Perhaps this sense of self-entitlement is to suggest you are more valuable than others? Or are you just stroking your own ego?
