It is like a box of donuts at the office. They are free. You can take one. Come back for a second if any are left. But walk off with the whole box and you will be judged for it. Do so repeatedly and it will become a problem enough for disciplinary actions to be considered.
Edit: If I were to try to formalize the rules, I would say that the donuts are free for everybody in the office but not for anybody in the office.
If you are acting as a group with everybody in the office, which means behaving according to certain social rules involving fairness and sharing, then you count as an everybody and can have a donut. Once you cease to do so you no longer count as an everybody and cannot have a donut.
If you have special rights to the donuts, taking them won't get you judged. For example, the person who brings in the donuts can take the remainder home at the end of the day or may choose to give the rest to someone to take home, and there won't be any judgment. Further exceptions can exist on an office by office basis.
Tying this back to Google, I think there is one notable difference. Google is a private company, not a person, and is engaging in an extremely formal relationship by way of EULA/ToS/Privacy Policy/etc. Companies abusing loopholes in contracts are far more tolerated by people abusing loopholes in our shared social contract.
That is likely why my reaction at someone exploiting unlimited Google docs storage is far more 'meh' than someone violating social norms in the office.
Edit: If I were to try to formalize the rules, I would say that the donuts are free for everybody in the office but not for anybody in the office.
If you are acting as a group with everybody in the office, which means behaving according to certain social rules involving fairness and sharing, then you count as an everybody and can have a donut. Once you cease to do so you no longer count as an everybody and cannot have a donut.
If you have special rights to the donuts, taking them won't get you judged. For example, the person who brings in the donuts can take the remainder home at the end of the day or may choose to give the rest to someone to take home, and there won't be any judgment. Further exceptions can exist on an office by office basis.
Tying this back to Google, I think there is one notable difference. Google is a private company, not a person, and is engaging in an extremely formal relationship by way of EULA/ToS/Privacy Policy/etc. Companies abusing loopholes in contracts are far more tolerated by people abusing loopholes in our shared social contract.
That is likely why my reaction at someone exploiting unlimited Google docs storage is far more 'meh' than someone violating social norms in the office.