I was involved ijn a discussion with a retired elder gentleman ( 'elder' than me that is
) at the weekend. His hobby was RC boating, build, sail, etc etc. He was lamenting the fact it was hard to get new members of a younger ilk interested and when they do they just bought and assembled kitsets. None of them had any skills or proclivity to building from scratch, making their own parts etc.
It seems to be a general trend these days. People have a lot more interests and demands on their lives and so the 'shortcut' is the norm. Instant satisfaction is the answer, buy and try, throw it away, next please.
I get much of my astronomical satisfaction from the challenge of building and exploring the technical aspects of the hobby. It it wasn't so I probably wouldn't be anywhere near as committed.
( Hmm, maybe I should be committed anyway ...
)