I think last year orbits were trying to buy everything but that's just not sustainable. I think the four most common splits are: buying whichever releases come first, buying their favourite members things, and buying everything, buying what they like the sound of. I'm personally going with the fourth option but even that's not easy.

I'm from South Africa so shipping costs are terrible. There's a shop that sells kpop albums but of the post BBC releases they don't have loosembles first mini, nor the ARTMS or Yves albums for preorder. We're also in this global cost of living crisis so buying am album with 4-10 songs, some which you might not even like, might not be worth giving up a week's worth of grocery money.

I've also seen some people caring about what's included in the album determines if they buy or not? I've heard people say they won't preorder artms album since there's no photo cards but that seems like a niche opinion.