I think this type of thing is very important!
A software economy is a different than an economy of products manufactured, distributed and purchased at a store.
Software is mostly zero cost to replicate and not scarce, time for development on the otherhand is scarce and benefits from being able to determine where time is valued the most.
Software development is a service, buying software is about the next marginal unit that doesn't yet exist. People will value it very differently.