Perhaps, but some of those courses are actually useful; and some of the creators build solid businesses.
What is becoming a problem is the super low quality, autogenerated derivatives. But those are more a symptom of a broken internet (youtube/google search) than anything else. Now that garbage on youtube cannot be downvoted, and since youtube does not (has never?) shown up/down rating numbers on content before you click to view it, it's exceedingly difficult for the viewers to find the good stuff.
You don’t have to create the wave. Find an existing wave grab a surf board and figure out a way to ride it.