Thanks for posting the link. It is interesting.
Personally, I’m less than a year into tattoos in any form. Had I not stumbled into this forum I would still be going to the first shop I walked into.
With all the tattoo reality shows, and cheap equipment available, the “scratcher” industry is thriving.
Fortunatly I found a really good artist (in my opinion) and will I remain loyal to him.
The thing to do is to convince new enthusiasts to do the research and find a really good artist for their first tattoos. It isn’t easy.