These days, watching the secondary market push royalty rates lower and lower, creators are arguing loudly again, and I’ve actually become a bit more calm: to put it simply, royalties are not a moral issue, they are an incentive issue. Buyers want cheaper prices, platforms want more transactions, creators want to sustain themselves long-term, all three are not wrong, but no one wants to be the last person to pay.

Many proposals are still written quite “idealistically,” and I just want to translate that into plain language: either turn royalties into a mandatory cost (then liquidity will flow away), or admit that they are optional tips (then don’t pretend it’s stable income).
By the way, the neighboring mainstream blockchain is upgrading/maintaining again, and everyone in the group is guessing whether projects will migrate. I just want to say: migration or not is not the point, the most expensive thing is the shift in user mindset, especially for creators, following royalty policies and traffic—too real.
Recently, I was quite into following a bunch of “support creators” accounts, only to find some people immediately pushing zero royalty gameplay… I wasn’t angry, I just quietly unfollowed. Maybe I just want to see solutions, not emotional live streams. That’s all for now.