This sounds like something people would say about books in the 16th century after the printing press. revolution. How mass production and wide availability of books has led to people not appreciating books anymore.

And yet today, when we have more "great" books than can be read in 10 lifetimes, people still obsess over their favorites and re-read them 10s of times.

Scarcity forces us to search for depth (even where none may exist; case-in-point - people analyzing how hot the Dothraki drink their soup in Game of Thrones) whereas abundance alows us to choose depth