Comment by Lorkki
7 years ago
I know it's somewhat beside your point, but production has also become a great deal cheaper. An entry-level external audio interface and DAW package will set you back a couple hundred dollars or euros at most, and will basically give you all the tools to do professional quality recording, mixing and mastering.
It's a pretty big change too, considering that just a couple decades ago the only feasible way to make recordings of any kind at home was cassette tapes.
So have the hardware and software required to write software. It still takes time though. I couldn't write software for a living if people didn't pay for it, even if I used free tools and free computers. The most expensive thing is my time. The same would be true if I wrote music.