With the news of Best Buy pulling CDs from their shelves, Business Insider responded with an article telling us that people are freaking out. Are they really?

Now, full disclosure: I still buy product. I believe in supporting artists, and also sound quality, so when I purchase product it's typically from Amazon, Amoeba, or if it's an indie artist, directly from their or the indie label's website. I never stopped buying CDs or vinyl but I know I'm a rare bird. As digital, downloading and streaming grew, I didn't get rid of the CDs I owned (although that would free up A LOT of space).

Selling CDs at brick and mortar stores is an anomaly. Long gone are the days where Walmart ruled as the #1 music retailer. On a recent trip to London, I was thrilled to see that HMV on Oxford Street was still open and stopped by several times during my stay (most of my purchases were music biographies and vinyl).

I'm curious to know how many of these people, who were freaking out that Best Buy was pulling their last half-aisle of CDs from its shelves, have illegally downloaded songs? Do they know that the music industry is the only business in the entertainment world where the artist is paid last? Do they realize every time they stream a song, the songwriter gets paid a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a penny? Do they know most artists are charged with 'packaging costs' for any download they buy (and seriously, where is the packaging on compressed, digital, musical air?). Do they support the artists by going to see them live? Sure, ticket prices have skyrocketed mostly in attempt to beat scalpers and make up for other sources of income that no longer exist (royalties from CD sales). If they do see them live, do they buy merchandise or product when they're at the show? Do they realize that music has value (and not just the emotional kind)?

After July 1st, it looks like Target and Walmart will be the last holdouts for big box retailers to sell physical product and

it seems that artist exclusive added value CDs (like the last one I bought at Target - Janelle Monae's 2013 release The Electric Lady) are a thing of the past. But those who feigned shock, disappointment and devastation at Best Buy's announcement, ask yourself this: what did I do to cause this?