Because that is how markets work. You would not buy a doughnut if you had access to them for free (say in a workplace). By this logic you are stealing every time you don’t pay for something making literally every interaction or lack of interaction a monetary transaction or theft.
“If you don’t agree that the value of the product is worth what someone is charging for it, don’t buy it.”
Good idea, I’ll pirate it instead.
Why should you be entitled to consume something that you haven’t paid for?
Because that is how markets work. You would not buy a doughnut if you had access to them for free (say in a workplace). By this logic you are stealing every time you don’t pay for something making literally every interaction or lack of interaction a monetary transaction or theft.