People are returning to buying CDs again -- sales are increasing.

Now all we need is to bring back the large record stores which offer a great variety of CDs that you can buy anonymously with cash.

CDs don't have to be sold in plastic "jewel boxes" that break. Some are sold in cardboard boxes which are more robust and probably better for the environment.

If this is driven by the obligatory giving of copies to people who don't actually want them, that's sad, but it means more used copies to be sold to people who really do want them.

The author displays a fundamental shallowness by describing listening to music or reading books as "consuming" them. Perhaps that's valid when applied to streaming music, because the stream will disappear after listening to it. That's one aspect of what makes streaming evil. But digital files of books or music don't have to be evil — I have many which are simple files on my computer, not under the control of anyone but me.