Recently, the secondary market has been arguing over royalties as an "option," and I actually envy those who can earn continuous royalties from their works—at least their logic is pretty straightforward: I create something, you buy and sell, I get a little cut. But in reality, once trading platforms start competing over who is cheaper, faster, and more "user-friendly," royalties become the first screw to be optimized away.

To put it simply, the creator economy isn't supported by morality; it's supported by mechanisms. If you don't lock in royalties at the matching/settlement layer, it's naive to expect users to consciously wait in the mempool for confirmation. Now, Layer 2 solutions are also competing on TPS, fees, and subsidies—talking about ecosystems, but in practice, everyone is fighting for traffic; nobody wants to take responsibility for things like royalties that add friction.

I'm not pretending to be a neutral observer either: I will buy, but I won't accept worse execution and slippage just to "support creators." Is it possible to do both? Maybe it depends on clearer authorization, composable revenue-sharing contracts, or simply not making royalties the sole source of income... Anyway, don't pin your hopes on the conscience of trading platforms.