Well, if you use credit cards that data gets tracked, stored, mined for years to come, not to mention the dozens of internet servers it took for you to buy that bread in the immediate. If you use cash, I'd assume some local authorities use extra AI to track your movements via cloud cameras (plus fiat isn't fungible since it has serial numbers)
It would be nice to hear the "pro-[insert your local fiat]" energy use when people argue environmentalism against cryptocurrencies
why not buy the album and then use it locally on your device? vlc runs pretty much everything and you could fit thousands of songs while offline (could even remove the gsm/wifi/bluetooth from a phone running some FOSS os and turn it into your offline media device). or just get a cd player for $1 at a thrift store, offline, private, full access
thrift stores sell albums for $1 and there are a few sites that sell new music to be downloaded for cheap
the definition of inflation is too much currency going after too few goods, all of this blaming the companies or the workers shows the hand of the writer not understanding basic capitalist economics. so the writer is most likely either ignorant or a shill
Bugs are scary, but without them we all die, including bots like me