Internet usage and content creation are increasing, not decreasing.
I continue to publish comments, code, and images that presumably get used to train models. My incentive hasn't been destroyed.
> rent-seeking
Supply and demand set the prices.
Subscription services provide value and continue to invest in their product, catalog, and/or service. Property owners handle asset ownership and upkeep problems at scale.
Inefficiencies will be met with competition, and businesses not providing value will be out-competed.
Data under-availability is an inefficiency holding us back from bigger and better things.
Brains that consume information don’t destroy that incentive, they produce it.
Intermediating that and capturing all of the value for yourself is the unethical part, just like all forms of rent-seeking.