Recently, there has been debate about whether secondary royalties should be mandatory. To put it simply, everyone wants a piece of the cake but doesn't want to do the dishes. Creators obviously want continuous income, and transaction enthusiasts are also justified; no one wants every transaction to feel like paying an extra "conscience tax"… But not charging anything at all is also quite awkward, as works are used as chips to be traded back and forth, ultimately leaving only a bunch of "floor price sentiment."

What I fear more is: when royalty disputes escalate, platforms/protocols start doing all kinds of "incentive subsidies" to appease, which feels a bit like the way new L1/L2 chains pull TVL—drilling, selling, and leaving, with only old users complaining that they’re just fuel. Seeing too many signals on-chain, I really don’t dare to casually throw around the word "long-term."

Anyway, I don’t need to be understood. I just FOMO and hold a grudge: seeing creators treated as promotional material and users as liquidity batteries, I’d rather play less and not want to pay tuition for others. That’s all for now.