The difference between autotune and an instrument like a guitar is that autotune, by design, enables people with no talent to sound like they sort of know how to sing. If you don't know how to play a guitar and pick one up, no matter how electric or fancy it is, it will be obvious that you don't know what you're doing.
Autotune has enabled more mediocre "artists" to reach mainstream popularity than anything else I can think of.
The difference between autotune and an instrument like a guitar is that autotune, by design, enables people with no talent to sound like they sort of know how to sing. If you don't know how to play a guitar and pick one up, no matter how electric or fancy it is, it will be obvious that you don't know what you're doing.
Autotune has enabled more mediocre "artists" to reach mainstream popularity than anything else I can think of.