Recently, I saw the secondary market arguing about royalties again.

As I watched, I thought: what does the creator economy rely on to survive?
Honestly, royalties are more like a "default courtesy"; when the market cools down, people start calculating, and courtesy immediately turns into a cost.
So how will creators anticipate cash flow in the future?
I'm now more inclined to think in terms of probability: receiving royalties = a small chance of good luck, don’t treat it as fate, and it’s best to have a plan in place from the start that “even if you don’t receive it, you can still survive.”

By the way, I thought of the split over privacy coins/mixers—when compliance boundaries tighten, platforms cut straight through, clashing feelings and rules.
Royalties are the same; when there’s no consensus on the rules, liquidity votes with its feet, and the ones who get hurt most are often the most honest.
Anyway, when I buy NFTs now, I plan for the scenario of “secondary sales not paying royalties,” so I don’t get caught off guard and blame the world if things go wrong.