[georgeecollins]

I appreciate you defending an unpopular point of view. I have a hard time accepting that "pure" artists are unaffected. First of all, what the heck is a pure artist anyway? More importantly, all creative people respond to incentives and meet their audience where they are. A lot of the English invasion bands of the '60s went to art school. If painting had been the hip thing to do a lot fewer of them would have been musicians. There would have been a lot fewer cool websites in the '00s if there wasn't an audience and a living to made from them.

I have spent my life making video games and I can assure you market forces shape which video games are created for your enjoyment. There is a reason why a certain type of game appears on iOS and a different type of game appears on your PC. One is very shaped by the pricing rules of the Apple store and the other is very shaped by Steam. A "pure" artist may never be deterred from spending their days playing an accordion, but maybe the fact that no one is listening will cause them to choose a different path?