Comment by Pfhreak

To a degree. I don't know the authoring world, but my intuition is that it's a similarly difficult profession to make a living in -- returns are thin, breakout success is unlikely, but you can probably carve out a niche for yourself.

Same with TV/Movies. I watch what Netflix and Prime have, and generally don't buy a series or movie (unless it's something really special.)

Are they perfectly interchangeable? No, of course not. I'm sure there's a musician/author/tv show out there that would be my most favorite of all time and I'll never know it because I won't be exposed to it. I don't get hung up on that, and enjoy that I have a lot of pretty good options at any given time.