I don't understand some of these opinions. If the industry focuses on albums or singles, the public will respond accordingly. The industry moved to "singles" (I take that to mean "individual tracks") and the public responded. If no one was interested in that, and no one bought the songs, they would have been back to albums in a heart beat. Look, I get it - you're talking to someone that has four mixes of Rainbow Rising, two versions of Whitesnake Slide It In, two versions of MSG Built To Destroy, two, maybe three versions of Bark at the Moon - music is more than just "here's the latest single from xyz!", but however people will listen. BELIEVE ME, I know Robert Fripp is an intelligent, aware man. I can't speak for his reasoning regarding Spotify, but I imagine he would take 10 sales of individual tracks over zero sales of an entire album, all day long.
Provided the artists still give the opportunity to buy album formats (and that seems to be largely the case, with some exceptions), not sure what the problem with iTunes, Spotify, etc. is. There's certainly no integrity with being on (or not being on) any particular platform. It's a business transaction.