Recently, I saw someone arguing about whether secondary markets should be forced to pay royalties or not.

Honestly, everyone wants to be a "supporter of the creator economy," but when it comes to listing their own NFTs, they start complaining about those few percentage points being a nuisance.
In the past, I also spoke with a sense of justice, but when a deal was about to happen, I would still click on the "lowest fee rate" option...
Now I’m used to checking on-chain data first: how many times the same batch of NFTs has been traded across different markets, how many times royalties have been bypassed, and with a quick timestamp check, I can tell whether it’s about "principle" or "arbitrage."

And the kind of posts in the group about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and de-pegging rumors being shared over and over again, I’m just exhausted: emotions are running faster than evidence.
The same goes for royalties—don’t just shout "respect creators," first clarify the incentives and lay out the implementation path, or you’re just treating morality as a fee.
Anyway, I only trust data; if you want to argue, just share the transaction hash.