If you're an indie pocketing most of the cash, why do your "live shows" still look like a slightly upgraded VRChat open mic?
Meanwhile corpos like Hololive are out here running legit stage productions with real lighting setups, synced choreo, and something that actually feels like a proper event.
Yeah, they've got staff, sure. But if you're asking for near corpo ticket prices and constantly pushing the "support indie" angle, people are going to expect to actually see that budget reflected somewhere.
At some point it stops feeling scrappy and starts feeling lazy.