What really sucks shit about today's generation of entertainment is that it's every bit as manufactured and controlled as TV, but it comes with the illusion of choice and organic popularity since that's what the internet once provided.

I'll grant that the YouTube grind is brutal and without a talent agency they can absolutely fuck you in the ass without lube, so even if you initially had some organic success, once one of these agencies comes along and offers to "help" you it takes a lot of stones to turn them down. So I guess the social media industry is more like the music industry in that regard.