Who said it wasn’t an individual choice? Many things you’re perfectly within your rights to do have negative or perverse consequences. For nearly all artists,

Who said it wasn’t an individual choice? Many things you’re perfectly within your rights to do have negative or perverse consequences. For nearly all artists, their “personal” Twitter was always a billboard. If you have been enjoying people’s art, but never given them any money for it, it’s hardly surprising they turn to some strategy that might make them money, is it? If you have been financially supporting artists you like in some other way, this doesn’t apply.