Buying CDs isn't really the point. The point is choosing deliberately. With Spotify I was spending the same money every month but had zero control over where it

Buying CDs isn't really the point. The point is choosing deliberately. With Spotify I was spending the same money every month but had zero control over where it went, most of it flowing to artists I never chose to listen to. A CD purchase is a conscious decision: this artist, this album, my money. The listening habits follow from that intentionality, not from the physical format.