So, copying software is theft, "just like stealing an apple, or stealing a car. There is no difference; you're stealing a product". And yet, when it comes to reselling those products, different rules apply? Once I've bought my apple, or car, or furbie, I can sell it to whoever I want for whatever price I want. Why would software be different if you want it to be treated as a tangible object?

I didn't realize that 95% of the Canadians still went to a tailor to get new clothes. You're right, I did assume that, just like in the US, the vast majority of the people would go to a clothing store instead.

I stand corrected, thank you for pointing that out. And now I know: the vast majority of Canadians goes to a tailor for clothes, unlike Americans and northern Europeans.

But services do get replaced by goods. Goods that are produced cheaply in foreign countries. I'm not saying that plumbing goes that way, but other services do, or did.
Shoemakers and tailors are virtually non-existent in the US - when clothes and shoes are worn out we simply replace them with something new. Heck, we replace them with something new way before that.
Electronics: same thing. Who is spending money to have their 8 year old tv repaired when it starts to smoke. Who has an 8 year old TV?
I can imagine that at one point it is going to be cheaper to have your dishwasher swapped out for a loaner unit while your broken copy gets sent to Bangladesh and back for repairs.

But I agree that being a repairman or electrician is far more secure than being a programmer.

I was wondering how they were checking the immigration status to make sure that they weren't selling to non-us citizens living in the US... "selling to US-residents" makes a lot more sense.