The criticism around platform creator fees has been persistent, but there's an interesting angle worth examining. If the math checks out, higher fee allocation toward ecosystem rewards might actually drive more capital circulation than having those fees concentrated with a single entity. It's like questioning whether centralized fund extraction actually benefits the network—when fees get redistributed back into the protocol, they theoretically fuel more activity and participation. Compare that to systems where revenue flows upward exclusively: who's really getting richer off the ecosystem? The mechanics matter more than the narrative.