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It not that people are against everyone having the basics, it is that it mathematically makes no sense. As soon as you give everyone this money, not just a small trial you’ll see that it is immediately eaten in inflation, rent etc.
Much better is to make the first $1000 dollars not necessary. Free staple foods, free healthcare, free low tier usage on utilities, free local public transport.
Giving people $1000 means they can spend it specifically on the things they need. They might need to pay off a healthcare debt with that $1000 far more than they need low tier usage on their utilities.
I think a better idea that universal basic income is universal basic services. Give everyone equal access to healthcare, food, housing, etc. Not jobs, though. Giving everyone a job leads to creating jobs that don't need to exist just to make sure everyone has work. The USSR had guaranteed employment and that got to where you'd have to go through three different clerks at the supermarket to buy a pound of meat. Also, the State decided what was and wasn't "work". Oh, you're a painter? You think the State will pay you to paint? That's nice. Pick up that shovel and paint a ditch in the dirt. Oh, you are poet? I have a poem for you, comrade!
Roses are red, violets are blue, load those crates into that truck, or it's the gulag for you!
I've been a proponent for UBI for a long time however after reading your comments I agree with you.
In reality, I've advocated for UBI because I feel the govt should provide these basic services. However in reality UBI does just seem like a means to an end.
We really should just redefine what "utilities" are (including internet, phone, public transit tickets, etc) and then provide basic access to utilities for free.
That would require an entire reworking of our economic system, whereas giving everyone $1000 a month would not.
But there's no difference between giving someone $1000 for food and providing that food for free.
Either way the food is paid for by someone, whether the government hands over the check and then passes out the food, adding a layer of inefficiency, or the government hands out the check and the people buy the food, offering freedom of choice.