The royalty thing has been debated for so long that honestly, I'm kinda numb to it. Creators say they can't survive, platforms claim no income means no one plays along, and buyers think, why should they pay again for a secondary trade—none of the three are wrong, but together it just gets twisted.

Now even the miners are arguing about fairness in ordering, retail investors are cursing MEV loudly, but when it's their turn to place a limit order, who wouldn't want to cut in line? That's just human nature.

I just go with the flow, light position, buy some NFTs I like, not too sensitive about high or low royalties... but if the project initially said 5% and later secretly changed it to 0%, that kinda feels like being played. That's it for now, I'll browse again when gas is low.