Which is why compared to the times before the camera was invented, earning the living as a painter is vastly reduced to a few that manage to make it.
Likewise since digital photography became common, most photography shops closed, those that are around usually barely survive with services like photos for government official documents.
Events photography is also a niche nowadays, as the organisers then sample the photos done by guests on their mobile phones. Very few professional photographers still get such gigs.
(i.e. the ability to copy existing things does not obsolete the need to be able to make new things)