“Here is more evidence that our system is fundamentally broken and doesn’t serve the people who make it run anymore”

You: “How can I profit from this?”

You sound like a CEO in the making.

Common sense.

Some do the first, some do the other

Yes, in fact there are modded versions of the Spotify app (idk about apple) to access their library for free.

This dude hasn’t heard of pirate streaming services.

Sounds like you want a tiling window manager, I like i3-gaps.