I mean... I want to support my fellow artists in their work, and help them get paid so they can make more! But I've gravitated more and more towards small or self-publishers for that, since they seem to be the ones putting out stuff I want to read. (Using books here since that's my primary thing.)

...but then again, there are other times when I just want to give an artist money without necessarily buying a specific THING of theirs. (The "why don't you have a paypal button???" feeling.)

Maybe I'm misunderstanding?