I guess YMMV on whether focused is boring or not. I agree that I never really found stimulants to be super interesting, but thats partly because it was too expensive to do coke just to work on whatever project was on my mind.

You really think people would spend a lifetime writing books if they couldn't make money from it?

Things which are free have no value, both economic and societal. Even when we pirate stuff, at least our society encourages creative labour.

Spotify sucks, but the whole music industry has sucked like that for literally a hundred years - A very very few artists make bank, about 5% make a little, everyone else makes zero.

There's a weird modern military turn based strategy game where you fight invading orcs. It's called Spellcross and until recently it only was available through Hall of the Underdogs. Great game, very Xcom, balls hard.

Royalties is part of the music business. In TV, everyone gets paid per episode.

Most artists never make any money at all...

There are lots of cars you can't get parts for dude.

Wouldn't it achieve more to boycott things instead? If you won't even give up watching a tv show, you aren't an activist you are just complaining on the internet.

He who pays the piper calls the tune. Don't complain that modern media is garbage that doesn't cater to you while also saying middle class soccer moms can sponsor everything.

With most modern software you paying for the on-going development and all the network infrastructure to send you your copy. Same way that you pay to use the bowling alley.

Hey, if you can't be consistent at least be honest.