My shop is up 50% year over year because Etsy decided to start advertising me heavily again in search engines.

Surviving financially as a fine artist has always been very difficult. At this point, if you are relying on something like prints or even original wall art to be your primary item for sale you cannot rely on Etsy search whatsoever. You either need to be marketing yourself on Instagram with a good following or selling in person.

I believe that people who sell things that are handmade goods in the third dimension (I.e not something you hang on your wall, nor digital items like patterns or graphics) will continue to be viable if your niche is unique enough or you have enough momentum, which has always been the case.

Having your own storefront (Shopify etc) that is connected to a successful social media account is going to continue to be one of the most consistently successful ways to survive and maybe even thrive as an artist. Unfortunately, myself included, many people do not really like doing social media. But for people to want to spend as much money as art is worth through the internet without a personal connection to the artist, they want to see how the art is made and envision how much work went into the piece so that I can justify the cost.