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I won't buy DRM-restricted ebooks. No, Elizabeth Moon won't miss me; but likewise, with a whole world of books to read, I won't miss her either. Authors supply readers with entertainment; readers supply authors with income. The authors might, in fact, actually have a need for people to buy their books.
As for whether any individual reader's purchasing decisions matter to an author ... well, if we all decide that our votes (or purchases in this case) don't matter, they certainly won't matter. No one drop of water matters, either, when it comes to erosion ... but get enough of them together and you have the Grand Canyon. Y'know, if everybody who said "my actions don't count" actually did whatever it is they think won't count, they would count.
Loren Eiseley's "The Star Thrower" isn't directly applicable here, but it still stands as a reminder that doing something is better than doing nothing. Do what is right, not because other people are doing it, but because it is right. If everyone did that, instead of finding excuses (like "what I do won't matter") a lot more right would get done. And then it would matter.
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