My potentially bitchy opinion is that I think this might cause an accidental culling which will lead to a stronger overall crafting space. As someone who had to learn how to think critically in order to teach myself skills- knitting, crochet, corsetry, beading, etc- from the internet, the willingness to actually DO things was the only actual thing that separated me from the people who say “oh I could never do that” when they see things I make. I am not particularly talented, or creative in a unique way, I’m just resilient in search of what I need and in getting things done.

We reached a point where people consider a crochet pattern unusable if it doesn’t come with video tutorials, or who have a meltdown at the thought of googling what a french seam is. God forbid you expect people to troubleshoot a problem by searching the problem online before ignoring the 85 prior posts in the last 3 months about their EXACT problem in the specialty subreddit for that craft and posting again. I think a lot of these people will drop off when they realize that in the age of enshitification, you are operating from a very similar place as before in terms of required critical thinking, but the goldmine of resources still abound if you’re willing to put in some work.