[tomflack]

The difference is that stores can't preemptively detect I'm going to steal something and bar my entry. Websites can.

As far as I'm concerned anything you send to my web client I can display or choose not to display in any way I want. If you don't like that then do not send it to me - block me. Is it also "theft" if I am blind and use a screen reader?

I also take issue with your use of the word "steal" in the same way people equate piracy to theft it is flawed.