Violent revolution because of an operating system is genuinely one of the most terminally online ideas I think I’ve ever read in my life.

You have to scan a QR code from the website with your phone, which I’m assuming then facilitates a transfer of the keys.

That’s essentially what’s been posited by this rando on StackExchange.

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/119552/how-does-end-to-end-encryption-work-with-whatsapp-web

That your messages are encrypted at all
That your encryption keys are kept on-device, and not plainly available to a centralized party
That the encryption the application is using is securely implemented

This is true, but something that should be noted is that, to my knowledge, no law enforcement agency has ever received the supposedly encrypted content of WhatsApp messages. Facebook Messenger messages are not E2E encrypted by default, and there have been several stories about Facebook being served a warrant for message content and providing it. This has, as I understand, not occurred for WhatsApp messages. It is possible, of course, that they do have some kind of access and only provide it to very high-level intelligence agencies, but there’s no direct evidence of that.

I would personally say that it’s more likely than not that WhatsApp message content is legitimately private, but I’d also agree that you should use something like Signal if you’re genuinely concerned about this.

Hence it being extremely profitable.

Sure. But the question you asked was “Do people not just download music anymore?”, and the answer to that question, which you seemed unaware of, is “Not really, no”.

Do enjoy your highly refined and elevated desires, O noble one.

Vinyl has gotten so big at this point (and is also extremely profitable relative to streaming), that it’s not in any danger at all.

Respectfully, I think you may be drastically overestimating how much average people care about that.

I’m 26, and don’t know anyone, myself included, who purchases and downloads music to any significant degree. Essentially everyone I know just uses streaming platforms.

Yep, calling for people’s deaths is definitely a thing that is happening to a meaningful degree here; very true!

Personally, I started disliking Elon when he randomly accused that diver that made him look bad of being a pedophile. I hope that’s a rational enough reason to dislike someone for you, but if you need more, I can gladly provide them - and I won’t even insinuate that you deserve to be murdered!