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Of course ther isn’t anything morally wrong in using open source software without paying for it. BUT - to receive great value from what others produce...and give nothing back when you could...is “less than” the virtues of someone who supports those products that bring value.
It’s like if your neighbors throw a block party and you show up and eat food that other people brought...and you didn’t bring any yourself. Nobody is going to say anything. They will smile and tell you how happy they are that you came. But you should realize that the party only exists because people spent money to make it so. If you have the money to participate in pitching in....and you just don’t “because nobody said you had to”....you are “less than”.
When I bought my house 25 years ago, there was a home owners association. There were dues and there were picnics and Easter egg hunts and the like. It was nice. My wife and I contributed. There came a time when the main organizer sold their home and moved away. And nobody wanted to be HO president....nobody wanted to organize. And we haven’t had any neighborhood events for more than 10 years. It’s too bad for the young kids growing up in the neighborhood now.
One day you are the kid checking out books from the library and going to the fun neighborhood picnics and eating food and playing games...and you don’t pay for any of it. Then one day you are an adult and it’s your turn to pay, your turn to organize.
Or you don’t...and the nice things you enjoy go away.
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