What happens though when it becomes uneconomical to produce much of the software we take for granted? Sure to an extent the race to the bottom can be sustained

What happens though when it becomes uneconomical to produce much of the software we take for granted? Sure to an extent the race to the bottom can be sustained due to a large ecosystem of developers but eventually something has to give, developers have to put food on the table. Sure, if you're trying to alway sell digital goods at a price. However, you could try to sell things that are actually scarce and less likely to be driven down to marginal cost such as your programming services. There are bunch of business that require custom made software and they're not going to get it by pirating software.