It seems like a lot of what you're saying is from the perspective of a lifestyle that you want, not from the perspective of what a successful or failed business

It seems like a lot of what you're saying is from the perspective of a lifestyle that you want, not from the perspective of what a successful or failed business would involve. There's a bit of interesting stuff on cliffksi's blog: https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2018/10/03/state-of-indie-dev-2018/ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2018/10/03/state-of-in... https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/category/business/ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/category/business/