Lately, I've been seeing discussions about royalties in the secondary market again, and I can understand both sides: creators want a steady cash flow, while traders dislike an extra layer of friction. Frankly, mandatory royalties are more like "rule design" rather than a moral issue; when rules change, people will vote with their feet, and on-chain data is more honest than words.

I come from a task-oriented background and am used to calculating probabilities: whether royalties can be collected depends essentially on the platform's default, whether aggregators bypass them, and whether project teams have the energy to enforce them. It's somewhat similar to the recent staking/shared security model of "yield stacking"—the more layers stacked, the more attractive it looks, but in reality, each layer dilutes certainty, ultimately turning into "you might get it, or you might not."

So now I lean more towards: before buying an NFT, treat it as a one-time purchase, and consider royalties as a bonus; only record actions that can be verified, and for legendary stories... forget it, not gambling.