Every now and then a 10+ page thread appears where people bitch and moan about piracy, india, china, world conspiracies etc. My point is that it’s pointless, and that everyone is pretty much contributing to it, even if it’s in a very small way. No offense to Peter Guthrie, i consider him to be one of the top 3d arch viz artists, but i think that things like his blog contribute greatly to this state of affairs. Us helping eachother here on the forum, also does that, but in a far smaller scale due to the nature of this particular forum where you need to be legit to even access it - which in turn leads to somewhat loyal competition.
While i did learn a lot from other people on the forums and through tutorials, the situation has changed drastically compared to the early 2000s, the field has become super saturated, and it doesn’t really make that much sense to be so generous, unless it’s a closed community such as this one. I don’t see a point of sharing your secrets.
SO basically, the internet killed us. I was in I.T. for many years, and managed a large architectural firm in Chicago. I spent day-and-night troubleshooting things that are now a Google search away. Today, almost anyone, can manage I.T.