As someone just starting out in this game, I find it wholly disheartening to consider a long term future where the writing itself remains the part-time, sidelined activity. I write because I want to tell stories, and I cannot hope to explore even the current teetering stack of ideas while barely stealing 2-3 hours of writing time late in the evening after a full day's work. 

The notion that it is acceptable to allow literature de-evolve into little more than promotional tools for more profitable enterprises demonstrates anything but a respect for the medium. If this attitude is permitted to propagate, literature is bound to suffer. But what does it really matter: it's not as if literature has ever made any real difference historically, right? ;)