I think it's a good way to look at it. Of course it's not linear and investing time VS the money is much more is a lot more exhausting, but again if you think about it from a perspective of any other social network, you generate content there with 0 chance of getting anything from it passively.
So while I'd absolutely love to provide quality content (subjectively of course) and get rewarded for it, I'd rather shift a mindset of doing it with no expectation of any returns. I have done that for years now doing my mixes, so even the chance to get anything in return is amazing, what I am more excited about is having a platform where I can do a long term investment and build an audience that would genuinely care, and that to me is a lot more exhilirating :)
I do appreciate your follow and I hope you will continue to enjoy the stuff I put out. Best of luck!