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So I put on a mask to hide my identity and take the cookie if I want it, but without believing that I am entitled to it.
Bingo. But imagine they keep dangling that cookie in front of your face, taunting and teasing you even in the privacy of your own home, but will not let you purchase it on its own. In fact, in order to obtain said cookie, you must complete a bunch of unrelated tasks/purchase a bundle/subscription along with it. And then you only get the one cookie. This is how the video media world works.
The music industry figured it out already by letting you take as many cookies as you want, of all kinds, without limitations, for a flat monthly fee.
In fairness, that comes with just not paying artists any money.
That... is a very fair point.
However, that could be resolved entirely by cutting out C-suite/shareholder profits and redirecting that money to the artists. But we all know that's never going to happen.
I'd love it if we had a music co-op sort of situation. But as you say, that doesn't make someone somewhere filthy rich.