This is an old debate in furry fandom, where fan artists who moved up to doing comics and animation full time were scorned for Not Being Real Fans Any More.
Making enough money to pay rent and buy groceries regularly doesn’t ruin your artistic purity. Being able to make more art is good.
Ppl who call Glitch “not indie” anymore for theatre release and collabs just want the studio and the creatives to earn zero money to make more shows. How can this fandom be so mad at their favorite show making money.