It's the sign they are leaving capitalism. That could be in a positive or negative direction. People very advocate of capitalism tend to present it as always a bad thing.
Not necessarily leaving capitalism. It could be considered a way of art patronage or sponsoring as people/entities have been doing for artists et cetera for pretty much forever. This time it’s the state itself. It’s different but I don’t think it’s a net negative. We have, even in capitalism, jobs/trades that doesn’t pay much, definitely not in the beginning and even later only to a rare few, but that trade is needed and not just those rare few.
I’d rather look at from this perspective — their output and quality could be much better if they don’t have to worry about shelter, food, and health while doing that monetarily thankless work.
