Yeah. It was really rough to see how Maker Faire declined as time went on. I attended from 2009-2015 and corporate sponsored space consistently grew every year. The venue never got bigger, it just pushed out...makers.
I feel like the whole "Make" brand/site/magazine/everything transitioned too much from Hacker to Hipster. As another comment pointed out, it become more craft-y, almost like "tech crafts". Probably a larger audience there, but I feel like today's Make is a bit far off from the original.