You should not stop reading as soon as you get to a point in the text where you get horribly offended and then comment as if you had read the whole thing.
The author repeats the point several times including in the second to last paragraph.
The game is not rigged. It's not some death of meritocracy.
He sort of gets near an important idea when he talks about spotify leading to bandcamp sales, but then misses it: being a successful musician is about more than just playing an instrument, just like being a successful business person is about more than wearing a suit and holding meetings.
