You seem to suggest that writing altogether is economically unviable, so the author should not have chosen to do that at all. Sort of, yes. Or at least don't d

You seem to suggest that writing altogether is economically unviable, so the author should not have chosen to do that at all. Sort of, yes. Or at least don't do it expecting to be immediately financially successful. The same way that you shouldn't go into game development and then be outraged that you're not making as much as SAP consultants. The issue is that certain talents are not recognized at all It's more that there's tons of aspiring authors, and supply and demand is a thing.