Creator fees could be a genuine way to build value or just another tool for serial exit scams—jump to the next coin, rinse and repeat. Some projects get the express lane on listings without any real guardrails. No bundling requirements, no accountability. Meanwhile they deploy buyback tactics on every dip to manipulate momentum. It's a playbook we've seen too many times. The whole "blame the devs" narrative gets old, but let's be real—when structures exist to enable this kind of behavior, it's not just individuals acting poorly. The system itself becomes the problem.