• Infynis@midwest.social
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    7 months ago

    I would love for my hobbies to be more mainstream. More merch, more people to share the experience with, and presumably more content

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      7 months ago

      This works up to a certain size, then you start having to contend with more shameless money grabs, scalpers catching wind of things and making it impossible for actual fans/users of the product to get stuff for a reasonable price and more scammers.

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        7 months ago

        And the opposite end of that is the corporatization of your previously small cozy wholesome authentic cottage industry sized hobby. It happened to videogames in the late 2010s.

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        7 months ago

        Its also implying that the hobby will eventually burn our or become cringe in the eyes of the public. As most fads do.