Yes, the majority of the people in the world cares about who makes the art.

So y’all drink a sweet wine to go along with sweets? Seems far too sweet.

I like for arts sake. You don’t know anything about me other than I believe your opinions are unfounded and disingenuous.

You think most of the artists that made famous art got paid?? Plus you think people don’t care if artwork that is claimed to be authentic is actually fraudulent??

Thanks for demonstrating you don’t have serious or informed opinions.

If a museum advertises a Picasso but it is fraudulent most people would consider that a bad thing.

I care about artists getting paid. Sure, hate collectors all you want, but getting rid of them reduces the purchases artists do get.

Of course provenance matters in appreciation of art. Do museums put up fake artwork or do they only try and show actual pieces from the artist.

People who buy art absolutely care if the artwork they paid for is genuine. Collectors absolutely care if they can prove they own something that others don’t.

Sure, if you don’t care about artists getting paid at all, or you don’t care about authenticity, then NFTs aren’t for you.

Provenance is the biggest issue in Art. NFTs aren’t stupid, thinking that computer generated ape artwork with no actual scarcity is a good investment is stupid.

Scientists that use AI aren’t likely to remain good scientists for long.

How long should Nintendo save your data when you aren’t paying them? Why should they keep it for any length of time?

Nintendo has qualification processes because bad games almost destroyed the industry in the 80s.

Steam doesn’t ensure quality. How would steam possibly try to charge for internet access on a device they didn’t produce, control, or sell you?

Businesses charge users for things that users value. Simple as that. It isn’t unique to Nintendo or the games industry. Cell phone folks charged for texts that didn’t cost them anything to deliver. Why? People valued texts and were willing to pay. We got out of that because of Apple but now people are angry at Apple about it.

The cost to create more coke is essentially zero. The price to ship and stock the different sizes are about the same though.