I used to buy CDs, but while I may pick up something now and then, I'd much rather buy downloads. Physical mediums are nice, but when digital formats are available, I see it as a bit of a waste basically. We don't need to print CDs, make plastic cases, little booklets, send them around the world with transportation and hire people to sell them in the stores. Compared to digital distribution, it's just - you know, excess. It's like taking a jumbo jet to work when a stroll would suffice.
The real work of the artist(s) is in the music, not the artwork (which can also be digitized) or the plastic that comes with it.
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