[unprepare]

You've still denied the original producer a potential sale. the person you sold your phone to might have bought one directly from apple instead.

So by the other commenters line of reasoning, you have stolen "value"

The fact that the phone is physical has nothing to do with the line of reasoning being presented.

I am not arguing that piracy should be totally fine and theres nothing being done wrong, I'm simply disagreeing that copyright infringement is the equivalent of theft

[CamperBob2]

I love these "theft" arguments. Can you imagine the shitstorm that we'd see if the concept of the public library was only just now being proposed? Librarians would be branded as rapists, or something equally ridiculous.