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And with this sort of increased visibility, there’s more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms of who gets into the business as a creator, who sticks with it, and who gets pushed out.

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But my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it.
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