It's undeniable that technology over the past decades has increased democratization in something every step of the way.

YouTube destroyed Hollywood's monopolization of entertainment. Anyone with a smartphone now has a shot at becoming a full-time creator. Prior to this, it was gate kept by Hollywood execs.

Smartphones destroyed Microsoft's monopolization of apps.

Not a leap to believe this will happen to some extent with AI (and it's already happening to some degree).

▲

_DeadFred_ 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Not really. It's undeniable that technology reset power structures, but ultimately it just ended up with new power structures/new people made the gatekeepers.

Just look at the people whose success was broken by Youtube overnight. Youtube/BigTech won over Hollywood, not the people 100% beholden to Youtube. Under Hollywood people still got their residuals. Under Youtube, next day you can be cut off completely.

	▲	matthest an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Power structures still exist for sure. But objectively, there are tens of thousands currently making a living from YouTube who would've never been able to become entertainers if Hollywood was the only game in town. The barriers to entry for entertainers have never been so low.