Wonder where the human fits in this new landscape. Composer? no. Performer? no. Music artist is more like a conductor now. Thankfully audience doesn't care because they need to worship a human in the end, so she 'll be receiving all the money anyway.
The problem with these new BigTech companies is that they are accustomed to subjugating everyone. They deal with users and content, not with artists and creations. This is starkly different from the past. Yamaha and other synth makers would go out of their way to satisfy capricious artists, now it's the other way around, the tech dictates to artists what is possible, including the limits of what they are allowed to make/say and sell.
Maybe I’m in a weird bubble, but I know plenty of people who love music with a passion. We travel for concerts, we go to festivals with lots of other passionate music enjoyers, heck we have our own yearly get together that’s about playing music with friends and family. The people I know who are into music are into music, and that’s most of my friends because those are the people I get along with - we make, play, and listen with passion, and there are a lot of us.
There are still a lot of people that care about good music. Most of the shows I go to are sold out and I certainly don't listen to that top 40 trash. I don't see "the masses" there, nor would I want to.
The problem with these new BigTech companies is that they are accustomed to subjugating everyone. They deal with users and content, not with artists and creations. This is starkly different from the past. Yamaha and other synth makers would go out of their way to satisfy capricious artists, now it's the other way around, the tech dictates to artists what is possible, including the limits of what they are allowed to make/say and sell.