I feel like there's a LOT of advertisements anymore. Not website banner ads....

Gallery ads...

Ads for commission slots
Ads for auctions
Ads for character slots
Ads for adopts
Ads for the persons' store
Ads for the persons' personal art as a service subscription
Ads announcing the above ads exist...

... as well as some of the above only being available to paid subscribers, so why announce it publicly if it's only available privately?

It's like... I watch an artist to see what they do, to inspire me... to see what create, to watch them have fun and take pride in what they did. Now... it feels like a sales pitch. "You've seen what I do, now pay me to see more of what I do" and stuff is shoveled out to meet personal quotas.

I dunno who said this, but here's a fundamental question:
"Do you create to make money, or do you make money to create?"

And... before any 'entitlement' comes up... a follow up question:
"I have 200+ people asking me for money every month. Why are you entitled to my support over one of them?" Entitlement goes both ways... after all.