It's dying because the home amateur PC is on its last legs.
And the cracking scene has now to grapple with hellish online activation.
And then many workflows have become sort of professional or moved to the web altogether.
And the younger generation, having received access to gigabytes of RAM and storage, simply couldn't care less about being super lean and fast.
There's really no future for the scene.
> And the younger generation, having received access to gigabytes of RAM and storage, simply couldn't care less about being super lean and fast.
It's interesting I often attribute this to VCs and their desire for growth over efficiency (let alone profitability). I find myself having to reel in my desire to challenge myself to identify the most efficient way possible, even if it only saves a few dollars.
Never occurred to me it was generational and not related to VCs