rambling...
Well, I guess I do want to criticize the desire to make art a business or self sustaining that has grown in the last decade (2010's). It's feeling less homely and more, I don't know, corporate? Not gonna say professional because I do think that having that is important, but I also think I interpret professionalism differently than most ppl do. Anyway...I simply do not get this mindset of making your hobby/passion your business. I think in some ways it diminishes the craft of art, the mentality behind it, the emotion. Certainly the joy is diminished when you're focused on the returns of like, merchandising. Sure, having a zine be an artbook with glue binding is nice to have. But the focus there feels skewed. It's like, too much about perfectionism for the sake of others, impressing other people.
I guess you can blame that on capitalism, but everyone does that already, I am a little sick of it. And I think it goes deeper than just "the economy". Like if we just suddenly shifted to socialism I don't think the desire to make it big doing what you "love" would go away. There is something else. If I personally had to shift blame it would probably be modern social media as opposed to a more manual, slower paced web experience.