Better in a computer than in a dumpster has always been my contention. We throw away a LOT of books every day. Just ask any librarian, used book store owner, or publisher's warehouse.

https://www.npr.org/2011/10/12/141265066/hard-choices-do-lib...

Should doesn't enter into it. I care a lot, for a lot of reasons.

It is also a potent physical symbol of what these companies are doing to society overall. I suspect that most people who react poorly to the practice are really reacting to this aspect.