Do copycats ever make you lose motivation for your hobby🥲?

[Kvass]

Might just quit art and become a basket weaver, nobody has beef with basket weavers

[Nikki1989]

The saddest thing is no one cares about originality anymore. Go listen to the Spotify top 10 or top 40... even... they could be all the same auto-tuned, pitch-corrected, computer-generated robot. The same problem is with books, movies or pretty much anything else.

[Ill_made_Knight]

I'm in absolute agreement, but I just hafta ask... are you aware of Angine de Poitrine?

www.youtube.com/watch

[Staximus]

My magic recipes can’t be stolen. Stop posting versions of your art online that can be stolen. There’s wats to to do this but that is beyond my expertise. AI cloaking or poisoning something like that, only upload low resolution images for the public to view, etc. Consult a professional

[Staximus]

I make hot sauce that I eventually want to start selling. I don’t post the recipes online so every asshole can steal my secrets

[Kvass]

Just wait until some Chinese buys it

[Staximus]

There are ways for you to post your art online for people to buy without it being copied but you’re just not doing it

[DryGermanGuy]

"Curiosity killed the copycat."

- Urban proverb

[jennifer_bloom]

I consider copycats at each stage of innovation in my life. Nobody can copy my Christian ministry but I do not want to charge money for it, since some cannot afford to pay for bible teaching.

[thegreenyogi]

Lol!! Absolutely not... I'm always one step ahead and thankfully I have a mind of my own. So I just keep changing.

[fishbone77]

wait. you want to quit something you love and think is mentally and/or physically stimulating because another person loves the same thing?

[Kvass]

It stops being mentally stimulating honey, when Chinese sellers steal my art and sell it online

[Kvass]

My new hobby is gonna be beating up Chinese people

[fishbone77]

go for it.

[AgentG111]

That's amazing are you going to teach or just do it? If you teach it will you be doing underwater basket weaving?

[Kvass]

I'll teach only you

[AgentG111]

That's fantastic I haven't been able to take one of those classes in 30 years I think I still got my scuba Steve gear somewhere.

[jahaims]

No, I'm not retarded. I do what I like based on liking it. Not based on what others do.

[Kvass]

oOOooOoOOoOo tough guy

[Taranis_Thunor]

You could always take it as a compliment. Who copied what that made you sad?

[fish5505_87]

If it's a hobby, then I am assuming you do it for the love of doing it. Don't worry about everyone else, do what you love and free your mind.

[NathanDavis]

copycats.. and worst, AI slop

[s0j7e3zyxc8v0]

Never