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There has been a lot more dreck than quality for as long as I've been reading -- over 50 years. Heck, many (most) of the "Best Sellers" have always been pretty awful. The major publishers have never been primarily, or even tertiarily, bastions of culture. They have never hesitated to pander for dollars. Ever.
It's true that now, with Indie publishing, there may be more dreck that is completely unedited, but, then again, more and more books coming from the BPHs appear to have little or no proof-reading, let alone editing, as well.
The digital age has irrevocably democratized the written work, for good and ill. We are now manifestly our own gatekeepers of quality, but we always were anyhow. What we now have to deal with is educating people to be critical readers, and thinkers, who can choose wisely for themselves.
Attempting to stem the free-flow of information in the 21st century is pointless, and just plain silly. The words will out, no matter what.
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