I don't get the idea that he (Dylan) latched on to the times then unashamedly dropped it when times changed! Surely he was initially just a kid finding his way and was inspired by Woody Guthrie and some of the other younger folk playing at that time? It would have been easy enough for him to just carry on doing his folk and protest songs as that is what a significant part of his audience wanted him to do. Instead he went electric and spent months touring the world getting booed most nights. For me that is someone more interested in their work than simply chasing the dollar. Likewise later he went back to bare basic sounds which was out of kilter with the main rock world - and then later he went all religious with some of his albums. Again not obviously someone seeking only the maximum sales!!!