I think that the biggest change has come from the freedom that digital gives us. People can take all the pictures that they want, they can experiment, all without having to pay the old processing costs. This freedom, I believe, is allowing people to become more creative and part of that creativity is exercised in the digital darkroom. Ordinary photographers are evolving into artists who follow the entire creative chain from recognizing a scene requiring a picture to producing a final satisfying image.
Mind you some people are very much better at it that the rest of us.
but we still get the satisfaction of trying.