ARF's have divided but not conquered. In decades past you had a building 'bubble' where it didn't matter if you liked it or not most of us had to succumb to building in order to partake of flight. With ARFs this is no longer the case. You have a choice, and now this pops the demand in kits, etc, so these companies struggle when there's not enough prey. So that's why there is a division of interests and followings here, but step back and realize even though the masses who will continue to build are fewer they are not gone. Fortunately for those who enjoy sniffing glue it's still a niche to fill just smaller and guess who will still supply your 5 meter rolls of covering film for 12 bucks a roll? Not Tower. The landscape is a little different but building is still alive and well. It boils down to the fact that for enough of us that IS the hobby and someone will always rise to meet that demand.