This bothers me so much. It's a question of ethics and this argumentation just ignores that. Yes, taking somebody's work's copy and making use of it while disregarding the author of it is stealing.
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Honestly people ignoring this are the ones who never really created original work themselves. Go write a song, or a book, paint something, create a unique program. And then watch somebody else earn money from it while investing none of your lost resources.
Lol you telling this to open source devs is the epitome of irony 😂
We’re all copying Twitter. I spent a year designing things hoping people copy them 🤣
We are all a product of our past experiences. Therefore, every idea is copyright infringement.
Imagine Johannes Lippius was able to copywrite musical chords in 1612.