> most people (don't) care about a lot of the artists they listen Fair enough. Then don't pay anything? > it makes them happy to see that I have bought their

> most people (don't) care about a lot of the artists they listen Fair enough. Then don't pay anything? > it makes them happy to see that I have bought their new cassette or vinyl On the other hand, I do not want to buy merch, I don't care about physical media and I flat out refuse to buy something with DRM and/or through exploitative middlemen.