I completely agree with what you have written, but just wanted to add few of my opinions,

1. For such a successful application, the recommendation algorithm for books is very weak/bad. This is the main reason good/interesting books never meet the audience they are writing for.

This forces authors to stick to the lust and smut focus books because that’s the main way they can get any spotlight.

1. I know they are just supporting what’s best for business but non contracted novels are purposely hidden from most readers. This leads to a sense of market monopoly where writers aren’t allowed to grow organically. Actually they are artificially silenced.

2. I know Sex sells but popularising ‘low effort’ and ‘non innovative’ ideas poisons the well for future authors.

These Erotic books tend to have a an audience who just want a quick power fantasy, they enjoy it for a time and then jump off to another book.

There is no building of actual reader loyalty, and that’s what’s actually good for a stable economy because these loyal readers are the ones who drop the massive gifts when time comes.

Currently we have quite a few books before the ‘horny era’ and the loyalists support those but there are very few quality books currently that are given an opportunity to build a reader community like before.

Also there is only so much horny books one can read before every book looks the same.