Do you think music wouldn't be so boring nowadays if there was no piracy?

Music evolved rapidly through the 20th century. And I think that's because of record stores and the music industry (which didn't exist back in the 19th century). Now everyone downloads music and they never go to the record store to buy something they've never heard of. It's obvious that listening to different genres develops your music taste, and it really shows when you're actually playing music. And that's how new genres come to life. Musicians combining different music genres with each other. It's very hard to find something new and fresh by downloading music. And maybe that's why music hasn't progressed. Maybe that's why we're stuck with musicians ripping each other off and idiots complaining about it on the internet. What I say to the people who say music sucks nowadays (which I think is true) is "we have brought it on ourselves".