yeah, i went through a 3 year phase where I downloaded EVERYTHING! But, I've been feeling guilty this last summer and started to buy all I have downloaded (hmmm about 300 albums). I still download stuff that just comes out so I can have it...then when I can find it cheap on ebay or something, I'll snatch it and erase the downloaded version.
I have noticed that almost everything I download anymore is the VBR bit rate. Wtf? I hate it! There's not much if any diff between that and 192 - so what's the point? Again, I hate it.