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I 99% agree but the craft / art distinction is a bourgeois construct that will be abolished at some point
First thing you learn in art philosophy class is that this distinction didn't exist until the bourgeoisie became the de facto most powerful class, and the next thing you learn is how bourgeois philosophers are unable to distinguish the two lol
Also when there's messaging it's just art/craft used as a vessel for discourse, doesn't justify a whole new category of things
Yeah but you understand that I'm not using the distinction in the way that Renaissance bourgeois used it. More so the Arts and Crafts movement way. We have to treat it like a real distinction, regardless of origins, because it's now economic reality. The artisans were laid off, fired, and couldn't find work. At that point it's not just a philosophical construct. The same thing is still happening with game devs.
I understand now, thanks for clearing that up!