They see creativity as content and now as commodity. No wonder so many artists, writers and creatives are feeling despondent.
Siluri Sanguine
we aren't in a "fanfic recession" but that someone decided to use these terms to complain reveals the real problem; a lot of 'fans' are thinking like shareholders and executives, devaluing creative work, refusing to support the artists they have, and looking at everything with the lens of profit