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I agree with you, I think major buy-in by users will be limited until creators can make content that they can sell on the Fediverse.
I wish I had more ActivityPub dev experience I would help with these projects but I'm not sure what a good starting project would be to try.
On decentralized social media (like Mastodon) there's no Algorithm making sure you see the optimal toxic engagement bait.
All you get for posts is do people like it recently?
Its like the good old days before big tech had their Algorithms dialed in to make you as addicted as possible.