Unless the artist self published it, even buying physical media doesn’t give the actual artist much. If you want to support the actual artist, you go to live shows (with tickets bought at the door and not through Ticketmaster) as well as buying the merch they sell at those events. More of those sales go to the bands. Sometimes even 100% of it.
When I make breakfast pizza, I just don’t bake the eggs with the rest of the pizza. I make them separate and just put them on top after the pizza is baked so they don’t get all rubbery.
“Star Trek is progressive. Star Wars is woke. Now, keep in mind I have no fucking idea what ‘woke’ actually means as I am incapable of inferring meaning through context.”