> There's some recent analysis that demonstrates how, despite a huge updraft in the quantity of apps released, the aggregate count of reviews and downloads remains static.

Isn't the likely explanation for this that the updraft is a huge number of sloppy AI-generated apps that nobody wants to use because they're just bad?

You also need to have time to play all those great games, watch all those great shows and read all those books.

There is a lot of software that are constrained by human eyeballs (entertainment or ads monetized)