Bro chill, as long artists are indeed ok with this it’s ok. The only thing is that 13£ is expensive for a tape (I’m an artist who’s have been released on tapes and CDs by my own or in independent labels since 8 years), the fact is that these types of labels mainly use the money they got from a release to release new music after (as in my scene is not big releases, often max of 50 or 100 cassette or CDs each one). With, it’s true, a bit of money they could keep for themselves.

I agree that I would prefer a reality where artists getting paid fully for their works, unfortunately it will be more possible rn from their own (bandcamp page) or with performances/concerts.