Open Source Kills Creators, Closed Source Kills Users: The Ugly Truth About UGC
Most creators make content for free not for money, but for the intoxicating hit of superiority—the moment someone says ‘you’re amazing.’ But when you give everything away, scavengers flood in, your ego gets priced at $9.99, and your community dies. Here’s why platformization isn’t corporate greed, but the only structural defense protecting UGC.