If it's purely cosmetic and gives no advantage (outside them style points) then I don't care. As for whether or not you "own" what you're paying for. These things that merely represent physical objects, but are in fact just pixels. Well you've gotta let that one go. Would you complain about how every time you buy a cheeseburger after you eat it your money was wasted because you no longer own a cheeseburger? I doubt it. Perhaps there's a valuable lesson to be learned here. If you think by spending money you will enhance you're experience, then you paid for the experience not the material possession. kaboom.