I am so tired of this “promote now!” BS

I don’t know about y’all, but 5-6 years ago I could post a clip of my art/sculptures and it’d get 5k-50k views/likes. Now I get traction for about 10-15 minutes, then everything plateaus. EVERY TikTok I make has that stupid “oh promote now for 15k views!” NO. WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO PAY TO GET OUR ART SEEN. I already spend hours creating, and then extra time editing these videos for everyone’s short attention spans. I’m so fucking tired of it. I don’t want to quit but it’s too much now.