I’ll tackle this one as I know you and I are on polar sides of this spectrum…music has fallen into the hands of those seeking large dollars because there is no longer room for musicians to make a living wage unless you are filling larger venues and selling gobs of t-shirts. The digital trade of music has destroyed music at the same time.
You once said music should be free for everyone to enjoy, which means that music must be created by people - for free - and then freely distributed. It caters to the mentality of the Lowest Common Denominator which does nothing but bland everything down.
So, it is my opinion, that music created with drum machines and pitch correction is easier. You don’t need to develop talent, you just need to produce it well and crank out a lot of it. So, with little to no margin to make money people will go the route of easy to make the buck.