Recently, I saw that set of "optional royalties" in the secondary market, basically treating creators as traffic to be used up and discarded.

In the past, people pretended to support creators and long-termism... now it's just a straightforward showdown: whoever offers lower fees, I’ll go there.
From the perspective of traders, I understand—after all, I’ve also been tormented by slippage and fees and want to curse.
But if you cut royalties completely, what do creators rely on to keep producing?
In the end, it’s just a bunch of puzzles, re-skins, and copying each other, and the market becomes even emptier.

What’s more outrageous is that on-chain miners/validators’ income, MEV, and fairness in ordering are also being criticized by retail investors:
Some can jump the queue or front-run, while others are still told, "This is the mechanism."
The creator economy is the same script: the rules are written beautifully, but the real money still comes from channels and people who understand the rules.

Right now, I value "people who deliver consistently" more—I'd rather buy less than be led astray by hype.
What about you?