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I buy lots of electronic music where I would neither bother to see a live show, nor wear their merchandise. What are those bands supposed to do? Be more controversial to make t-shirts attractive? Change their business model by becoming rock bands? It's like saying that authors can still make money through public readings when pirated ebooks are everywhere, . Or that games can just have unpiratable multiplayer. That's…
Honest question, do you buy via physical mediums or online distribution?
I stopped buying physical media since I've started traveling, but I am still putting them on my wish lists for when I'm home and people want to spend money. So practically both.