Can you share why it would be offensive to not want to pay for LLM produced content in this context? Who might this offend? And why would it offend them?

I'm not "anti clanker" per se but I also don't have strong feelings about when and where this appliance is used. It is an appliance and tool, not a person, not a consciousness. For those who prefer machine generated content, that is a preference one can have.

I don't think I ever suggested that it would be offensive to not want to pay for LLM produced content. I certainly don't think that it should be offensive.

I have only been noting that declarations of position that come across as moral judgements of others can offend people.