The eternal rotation of "this isn't made for you" rhetoric - aka "The Fandom Menace", "The Angry White Gator Manbabies of Fandom", etc.

[Baguette Child]

Didn’t the new Soy Wars trilogy fall well below expectations?

"Below expectations" is still hundreds of millions in revenue past their production and marketing costs.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

Sometimes it seems like no one else ever votes with their wallet. No matter how viciously the producers and supporters of content put on our viewing screens by The Mouse choose to attack average customers, these movies still somehow are making enough money on tickets to justify their existence. It's really confusing.

Some countries have government funded media, like Canada.