"Indie" seems to have become based on the studio size in the modern lexicon, especially due to how many "Indie kickstarters" got poached by Epic paying them a million dollars.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JcmylxQ0ma4
Funny thing is, these types of morons were made fun of by Filthy Frank ages ago. In fact, its creepy how his videos seem to be ahead of their time. Like the Zuckerbot.
Every time I see a video from the 1930s/40s, I feel like, "Damn, I was born in the wrong generation. I'd rather die on a shitfield somewhere by the Volga river for Missa Hitla."