It’s just another form of rent seeking. It takes a tremendous amount of personal fortitude to resist the temptation to sell out when everyone around you is doing just that…

Sad to say but pretty much everyone can be bought for the right price. There are some genuine people out there though, and the bitcoin community appears to be much better at resisting the temptation to sell out (though a few people have over the years).

You are right though, nostr or bitcoin doesn’t solve for this sort of human behaviour. Some folk will always be corruptible, for the right price…