Just to play the other side of the argument - does this really matter? Most of the major label music industry now is based on, at best, flimsy (if not outright false) connections between fans and artists. Genuine connections are very different things. If, for example, you could get every fan to pay £1 a month to their favourite musicians you'd only need a few thousand fans to be doing well. Contrast that with the millions of "fans" you need to succeed via traditional, major label routes. I imagine artists who really love their job would find that pretty attractive.
I'm no expert on the industry, but Ben Horowitz has been thinking about this sort of thing for a while afaik - I only know of it through Ryan Leslie, but this article's worth reading: https://pando.com/2014/11/20/with-the-help-of-ben-horowitz-r...