What absolute tripe. Almost every work of art has a price tag associated with it. It's an *incredibly* capitalist field.
And yet, thousands of small artists are starving and either don't have a job or have to find multiple bit jobs to make ends meet, simply because their name isn't Damien Hirst or Andy Warhol. Artists have been laughed at, scorned, and often are made to work for 'exposure'. People expect to experience art for free and not give back to those who made it. I've suffered this my entire life and it sucks. Fuck that mentality.
Art is so disposable these days. Music, television, movies, books. Everything is so easily accessible on streaming services. Why even bother paying the individual who made it when it doesn't benefit the consumer? There's so much content that there's no way to consume everything, especially not more than once. Experience it, move on to something else. @
neorev has it completely correct that no one wants to pay for music anymore. I say that no one wants to pay for art anymore (but they will pay for a package deal on a monthly basis).