People certainly aren't having as much fun this cycle as previous cycles and I have really noticed it with various content creators throwing in the towel and not posting for 6 months or a year.
It's tough to work on the stuff when it's all self funded and we keep getting dropped straight to our knees on the concrete. It just never seems to get going.
Also something that a lot of people aren't realizing is the EBT food stamp situation is causing a shock wave through the whole economy. It would seem like it's unrelated but supposedly 42 Million are on EBT and when everyone clinches up their spending there is less flow to businesses, online ordering, etc.
That is a good point about the EBT thing. Hopefully we can get all of that resolved soon!