> I don't fully agree with that, IMO it's a multifaceted problem.

It always is.

> There's the obvious fact that tech has become the new path to high salaries, and culture changes when people are pursuing the money rather than the trade.

There is nothing new about this. Education and skills have always been a path to salaries. Even a thousand years ago, craftsman and artisans had a better career than any random farmer. And with education, there is will always follow standardization and certification at some point, because where money flows, scam grows, and societies have to protect their interests.

This is all nothing new, or harmful by itself. The problem is that all those legit interests, can also be too overprotective or even abused for someone's greed. It's always a balanced battle between legit interests and someone's greed. But many countries seem far to much leaning to the greedy and abusive side at the moment.

> There's also the death of piracy limiting access to resources. Apps, courses and books were files pirated massively, online services kinda stopped that.

Piracy is not dead. It's always been a battle of life and death of individual sources.