In what way? A ton of artists I know on Patreon are polling their contributors to get feedback, releasing early content to them, and releasing exclusive behind-the-scenes info or life updates.
What about an NFT provides more personal connection than ongoing support and communication with the artist?
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And if Patreon isn't enough of a connection to your favorite artists, you can always directly commission them, which will give you a genuinely unique piece of artwork instead of just a serial number, designed in direct cooperation with the artist, that no one else owns, and that is uniquely tied to you in a fundamental way that can't be faked.
What about an NFT provides more personal connection than having direct creative input and a personal hand in the creation of a piece of artwork?
Just because there are multiple NFT companies doesn't mean they are decentralized. Can I buy an NFT on one platform, then sell it on another?
Look at OpenSea. It's the google/ebay of NFTs on Ethereum.
They are all interchangeable.
Digging a little more, it seems like the answer is sometimes yes. In this thread NBA Topshot is excluded: https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/m1mb0s/can_someon...
Is that thread correct? Is the general theme that corporate NFTs don't truly decentralize, but small players and committed crypto people put their NFTs on Ethereum so they can be moved around?
Assuming you are somewhat technical, you can read about the actual smart contract standard, it's called erc721.
Masterworks is centralized. You rely on Masterworks for everything, whereas you can buy NFTs from a number of competing sources.