... We don't contribute, salary-wise, to any of the examples above and we still criticize everything nevertheless. Welcome to the Real World Pal.
Well, somebody has to buy a ticket to see a movie, concert or a game, even on TV ,somebody's paying a subscription or even watching an ad, so you could rip it later for free from the internet, it's not a charity.
Now i'm not saying that i agree with that guy, all i'm saying is that this isn't the best argument against it.
You could show him the receipt for buying the game and he would still disagree with you, why wouldn't he?
Saying that you have to pay for it first in order to be able to shit on it later is just a piece of shit thing you say when you have nothing else to say, but you can't help it because you're too weak to just dismiss it and move along.
The only thing you can really do is what this guy should've done in the first place, ignore it.