[foota]

Unfortunately, I think this is somewhat unavoidable, there's only so much time people can spend consuming entertainment, and so the market for it is somewhat fixed. Meanwhile, there are many people willing to produce it.

I don't know if it's possible for writing/entertainment/etc., to be sustainable for a large portion of the population without major economic reform.

[munificent]

> there's only so much time people can spend consuming entertainment, and so the market for it is somewhat fixed.

It's even worse than that, actually. Because existing entertainment can still be consumed long after its produced, and even consumed more than once by the same person. When you write a book today, you aren't just competing with other new novels, you're competing with every novel written all the way back to Robinson Crusoe.

[foota]

True, but there's sufficient distinction between contemporary and classical works that I think the effect may be limited.

[karatinversion]

On the other hand, Spotify’s most streamed song has been Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of you” since October 2017.