This is exactly what’s at stake. I heard an artist say one time that he’d rather listen to Bob Dylan miss a note than listen to a song that had all the imperfections engineered out of it.
They're not connecting with the relative correctness of each note, but feeling a human, creative connection with an artist expressing herself.
If you wanna advocate for unplugged music being more gratifying, I don't disagree, but acting like the autotune is what people are getting out of Taylor Swift songs is goofy.
I think that says more about media-technology, corporate ecosystems, and overall population-growth than about music itself.