My concern would be whether creating that software pays enough to keep up with skyrocketing costs of living. In the past, the jobs created by automation have generally been lower paid with less autonomy.
You might need to relocate to a place with much lower costs of living.
This was the idea behind remote working discussed during COVID-19 times:
- the company can pay less money because the employee is living at a much cheaper place than the expensive city where the company is located
- on the other hand, even with a smaller salary, the employee has more money at the end of the month because of the smaller costs of living
So both sides win.
For the not so gilded class that can get a job in a lcol area that allows them to actually own a home and have emergency savings the lack of cricket won't even appear on their mind (~also mark twain convincing others to pay him to paint.)
Re: stores that sell it well there's this thing called amazon.
Anyway. I feel like most people here are just afraid of going down the ladder in term of remuneration... A ladder that starting from the 70s got shittier for most...
First they came for the guy working 11h days working a blue collar job and I didn't say a thing because I was white collar...
And the ones who managed anyway to break through that (because the gentry needed some cash and built some extra expensive houses/ condos to try and keep the riff raff at buy...) Felt they had worked hard and became nimby'ers themselves because housing is not a humane thing ... It's an investment that has to grow grow grow...