I’m sorry but saying that m4/3 is aimed or just for hobbyists is nonsense.
You obviously don't understand how marketing works. MFT was always only ever aimed at 'hobbyists', as opposed to 'professionals', or 'occasional' photographers. That covers an awful lot of people who enjoy photography. Most people on this forum, I'd wager. Me, even. But essentially; photographers who might buy a few extra lenses, a tripod, flashgun, praps a few other bits and bobs. Not those who would be needing bulletproof super-reliable cams with lightning fast AF, huge buffers, super low light capability, etc etc etc. They would be buying DSLRs from CaNikon, more than likely. Nor those who just wanted to take a few nice snaps whilst on holiday; those would be catered for by the lower end compacts market. MFT was 'sexed up' quite a bit; ooh look at these tiny pretty cameras with lenses you can take on and off! If you think back to the film days; 'pros' would go for the Nikon F-range, Canon F1, EOS1, Pentax LX, Olympus OM4Ti, etc. 'Hobbyists' might choose a Pentax ME Super, a Canon EOS 350, a Nikon EM. 'Snappers' went for the various Instamatics, Zoom AF compacts and that. Hope that clarifies things.
That's not to say you can't use x, y or z cam for whatever purpose; I've sold images shot on a cheapo Vivitar cam, and not sold a single one I've shot on a Nikon F5. People who use x y or z cam aren't defined by that cam, in terms of their 'status' as a photographer. The OIympus using photographers cited above, don't seem to be held back by using MFT (I think Andy Rouse is happy to use whatever someone pays him to, quite frankly. Good luck to him, he's clearly talented to the point the actual brand/type of cam is irrelevant). It is interesting, that in order to make a MFT cam operate like a pro DLSR, Olympus had to make the EM1x more or less the same size as.. a DSLR.
I could have been an Olympus user/fanboi/acolyte. I tried a number of MFT cams, thinking that surely the smaller size would be great for travelling and 'casual' use. None of them handled like I wanted/needed them to. All far too fiddly. Then I picked up a Nikon D3300, and that was that. Much better choice for me, personally. So maybe that's why Olympus/MFT is failing; perhaps they just lost sight of what a 'hobbyist' like me really wants from a cam?
Could it be Olympus were not as nimble over the past 10 years in regard to their core photography products but did not add enough into their product mix to add enough for the mass market???
I definitely think so. Panasonic invested heavily in the L-mount full frame concept, and produced some fantastic cams. So they have a future market already secured. What did Olympus do? Nothing. Kept making tiny, pretty cams. Which Fuji were doing anyway, but using a better sensor. So where was Olympus' niche? I don't think even they knew...
More than happy to carry on using my small inferior m43 gear,
Size isn't everything, eh?
Also find it strange that people who purport to be photographers taking a morbid delight at the demise of a company.
Even more bewildering is the perverse excitement they seem to be enjoying telling others that their gear is worthless
I tried to find a reasonable explanation, but in the end settled on the fact they are just generally unpleasant people
I don't think this is actually happening.