This is what online shopping should look like............

https://damagedgoods.greedbag.com/buy/greatest-hits-34/

Ok it's a small indie, specialising in a tiny market but look at the format choice and prices
Choice of CD, Mp3, WAV. LP.

I would love to see every online music shop to offer such choice.

 

Bandcamp provides the option for artists/bands to provide these same options (and more).

Lossless and lossy downloads in a variety of formats
Vinyl
CD
I have even seen some artists selling cassettes
Merch as well.

 

Yup. Merge Records is like that. They offer MP3. FLAC, CD and LP.

http://www.mergerecords.com/i-hate-music

 

Thanks, let's have some more, it's good to share this type of info.