The debate over secondary market royalties has flared up again lately. I can actually understand both sides: buyers complain about “getting drained,” while creators feel that after working hard to produce content, they can only rely on that initial release. Put simply, if royalties can only be “deducted for you” by the platform, it’s basically like putting a reminder in your wallet—anyone who wants to bypass it can do so.

What I care about more is the signal: whether project teams treat users like real people when it comes to signatures/authorization, and whether the contract leaves a dignified way to exit—rather than one side shouting support for creators while stuffing users with a bunch of unclear approve. Recently, memes and celebrity promo calls have been coming one after another. Newcomers are the easiest to get swept along by attention, and in the end, the person taking over the baton is usually not “investing”—they’re paying for their emotions. Clean up your wallet permissions first, then talk.