These days there's been more debate about whether to continue collecting royalties in the secondary market, and I find it a bit amusing... To be honest, royalties are not a moral issue; it's about how to effectively implement incentives. Whether you include it in the contract or rely on market self-regulation, in the end, it still depends on whether liquidity is willing to pay a premium; when the order book thins out, everyone starts adopting a "rainy day withdrawal" mode, supporting creators in words but running away first in practice.

Recently, some people have been trying to fit the narrative of AI Agents and automated trading into the NFT/creator economy. I react quite slowly; I won't judge good or bad for now, but after more on-chain interactions, the security risks also increase: signing an authorization, adjusting parameters, might be more damaging than paying a little less in royalties. Anyway, I now prefer to focus on data: actual transaction volume, order book depth, and who exactly has contract permissions... Creators need sustainability, and traders need to survive a bit longer first.