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That tends to be the common reaction amongst SW developers who's jobs revolved around automating away other jobs or developing SW products that help employers monitor and squeeze more "efficiently" out of their workers, but wait util some form of automation or workplace surveillance threatens your own job, then you'll start to empathize.

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Software developers’ jobs have been automated and outsourced for many decades. It just so happens that demand for more software has kept up.

Where will this explosive growth in SW keep coming from next? How many more music streaming apps does the market have room for? How many food delivery and ride sharing apps does the market have room for? How many more social networks and dating apps does the market have room for? How many more digital payment processors, stock and crypto trading platforms does the market have room for?

Just like with every job in history, the demand for SW jobs can't continue at the same high rate indefinitely, eventually you'll run out of things to digitize and monetize by moving to the internet/AppStore while also having too many candidates in the industry.

What then?

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