Well consider a different and yet similiar scenario.
Consider the stock market or even the Bitcoin markets in the last 2 years.
We had crazy bull markets but yet people are complaining about not making any money.
The stock market has a house edge that's actually edged towards them since with inflation stocks usually increase in value.
Yet people still struggle and can't make any money.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.
Stock market exchanges have fees, which mean the players are losing (together). If you disregard the fees, then it becomes a zero-sum game which would explain why people complain about not making money. At the root of it, this is just like playing poker.
But what does anything with an edge have to do with our argument about zero-edge games?