The presence of *somebody somewhere* making money isn't an argument that a system is just fine Like if it were then everything would be just fine -- tipped waitstaff would be fine, Uber drivers would be fine
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It was the expense of being a fan It sucked, especially if you were poor, although you could get around the financial barrier to entry with a little effort (It's that price discrimination thing again -- bootlegs and mixtapes existed but they took effort to get)
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But, I mean, that money was keeping the industry alive All the bullshit albums you bought that weren't worth it and all the movies you went to see in theaters that weren't worth it and so on, that was people's paychecks
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Oh, that box of crap CDs I just left out on the porch one day with a "Free, take them please!" sign
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