Music and desensitisation

After more than a month of not being able to use my computer due to some personal reasons, I returned to it and could not contain my joy just like a kid who had lost his dearest toy and was reunited with it.
In that period of time, I was also somewhat estranged from j/kpop and tv-dramas. Only watched bits and pieces on TV when I could.
I strongly felt the absence of kpop in my life but, much to my surprise, it didn't turn out to be such a bad thing after all.
Sure, I was behind on so many new songs coming out and I kept making lists of all that I was interested in for when I could finally use my pc and watch/listen to it all. (I refused to watch new releases on my phone as I considered it would hinder the all-around quality of my experience).
So, being back at my pc, I found myself, shyly returning to the world of kpop, a bit overwhelmed by the aforementioned releases I had missed during my absence.
And, what shocked me the most was that I, somehow became more picky about what I wanted to hear (I was like that before too but not to this extent - might be a professional defect or something). The smallest hint of autotune in a song would put me off and ruin my whole liking of that song, for example. Or a poorly prepared voice that wasn't fit for that particular song would make me put the song on hold, or a too synthetised instrumental would take away from the beauty of the song and so on. I found myself not having patience with poorly executed music more than before.
And then it hit me. It wasn't necessarily that I had become more sensitive and picky but that before my break I became somewhat desensitised to all these details that were now irking me.
And I remembered reading an article about this same experience a few people had, some of them being musicians while others purely fans of music in general.
Being exposed to music everyday has two options. One is to become extra sensitive to some details to the point of not being able to listen to a specific piece altogether or becoming so used to it that it's something you come to accept.
And here's another (kind of) downside: if the music keeps lowering its standards and is being pushed to the listeners' ears, they will, in time, become used to it to the point of considering it normal and even starting to like it.
It's said that the industry (no matter its purpose) caters to the buyer's needs. Well, I call bullshit on that. The buyer/listener (in this case) will chew what they're given. The industry is responsible for shaping the listener's ear and taste in music. The industry is the one that tries out new ideas and ships them out to the public wrapped in daring boy/girl groups or solo artists who can also dance an amazing choreography putting the music in the background.
It's hard to keep a moderation and be able to maintain a level head when we're almost constantly given new songs, new groups, new concepts (which aren't that new but they're refurbished for the newer generations). So, how are we to keep a keen sense (eyes and ears) on what we're given when even our tastes are modified, most of the times without our knowledge?
This break I took (although unwillingly) has proven itself to be quite the eye (and ear - yes, I know I made this joke-ish before) opener. I can only hope I'll be able to maintain it for a longer period and that maybe, I'll also be able to take some much needed breaks and refresh my musical taste just so that I can keep a level head.