You are right. But as someone who probably would fall in the same category, let me tell you why I'll always put a great weight on the "money paid" metric when evaluating alternative jobs: I'm reasonably young (second to last generation of professionals?), and most of us have grown up with a quite nihilistic view of things (prob. due to overexposure to media and dire economic conjectures). A fair share of us has 0 interest in their jobs. That's not defining of our lives as it was for past generations. It's just a tool to enable us to do the things that matter. And the more money we can make, the better. Would we love a job we love? Of course. But any job sucks in some measure(hence why you get paid for it), so might as well get paid a lot for it and retire at 45. Of course there is a line somewhere (actual harm caused by your products), but copyright infringement against big labels is hardly over that line.