> Fast forward and the radio (or pick your curated channel) still exists but no one listens to it because there is an infinite amount of quality (and not quality! which is OK!) music that got created that fits the taste of the artist that was previously locked out.

> More people are trying to be artists, but there are also more artists (music) than any time in history making a living.

> Lack of scarcity is good. Universal opportunity means more completion, which makes it difficult, but artificially locking out all the people who who would love to compete is not the solution.

I agree that some lockout is bad. But I was arguing for an optimal point in betweeen, not the other extreme like you mentioned, which is everyone being able to do everything.

Take the App store. It's a pretty low bar to get in. Anyone can publish an app on a mobile phone app store and as a result there are hundreds of low quality apps for everything and even maybe 20 decent apps and it's a frustrating experience to use because you have to browse through thousands to find one....

I wouldn't use the word lockout. But SOME barrier to entry is good. No barrier is as bad as a huge barrier.