I&#x27;m not sure creating content is &quot;just as difficult&quot;.<p>Writing a novel hasn&#x27;t changed. It&#x27;s the same as 50 years ago.<p>Photography: there are many time consuming effects that are not longer time consuming because of digital photography and digital editing.<p>Music: It used to require expensive equipment which is why you&#x27;d rent a studio. Now it requires a single PC or even just a single phone to replace $$$$$ of equipment and people. In other words it used to be much more work.<p>Movies: digital video cameras and access to cheap software have made it much less work for a tons of things that used to be much more time consuming.<p>Games: all the various engines have taken away man years of work that were needed to write an engine and all the support tools.