Beyond copyright skepticism, there’s technical skepticism to “true ownership.” The assets players “own” are not stored on the blockchain. It’s simply too expensive (more than $100 per GB and rising) to put large files on each node. Some firms employ IPFS, but centralization and trust rear their ugly head again.

That’s a 100x improvement over how most virtual goods are bought today - through centralized, siloed platforms like gaming giants where scarcity is in the eye of the gamemaker alone. Contrast that with NFTs, which 1) connect users to a universe of creators 2) for lower fees while 3) giving both parties provable ownership of their virtual assets... See more

-Ownership and portability of data: Next-generation platforms have already begun shifting to more data-portable models. Substack, for example, gives writers total ownership over their audiences and allows them to take their email list of subscribers with them if they ever decide to leave the platform; furthermore, writers use their own Stripe... See more