I believe the fact that this factory economy is third world is very much besides the point that e12e was trying to make. Paraphrasing, I think the point is tha

I believe the fact that this factory economy is third world is very much besides the point that e12e was trying to make. Paraphrasing, I think the point is that writing a book and building an iPod are vastly different tasks, and immensely so. A better criticism to what e12e was trying to imply is perhaps that Rowling certainly wouldn't be rich if it weren't for a network of publishers. Like Jobs, she depended on other people for channeling the income she received to her. (Of course, the difference in how that happened is still huge.)