While the title of the post is decidedly inflammatory, I’m surprised at the number of posts here that seem to suggest that no one should have any standards or attempt to control what or who they enrich with their attention and dollars.
It matters to a lot of people for a lot of reasons, and trying to hold them to metric of consistency in their choices is more ridiculous than expecting artists to be above average as a group.
Everyone gets to choose to support or pay for what they want, and it does make a difference. There is a tipping point, and that’s enough for some people.
