I feel like people are slightly looking too far into the situation…

My friend collects bottle caps, I don’t think this is necessarily any different - I don’t view them as worth anything, but I don’t go bash him about it and call them garage

I personally collect snow globes

From the way people like you are describing it, I thought he was collecting just like regular beer cans or something - but no, it’s actual bottles.

I don’t really think it matters if it’s physical or not…

I think it’s a common belief that going on cam websites/buying content is cheating