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Well I will agree with the OP that things are changing, and changing rapidly, however everything has it's context, and from that you can either be a nay-sayer or roll with the changes.
Yep, anyone can be a photographer now. I'm would be a hypocrite if I said otherwise, as I'm fairly new to it also. You can say...woah is me - things will degrade, professionals will no longer be around, etc., etc. You wouldn't be entirely wrong, but this is a pessimistic attitude.
Or you could say..Yes! Now I too can take up this hobby that I've always had an interest in and enjoy it. Now you can share and learn with many more people too. Perhaps you can even take some amazing photos and maybe make a few dollars. Excellent!
Great photographers will continue to adapt...that's what makes them great. Great photographers now who bitch and whine about the future are perhaps - not great photographers to begin with.
The only thing that has changed is the door have been opened for mass appeal. You can either embrace it and continue to develop, or shelter yourself in your own little world and reminice about "the good old days".
Just my two "optimistic" cents worth...
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