I’m not sure I follow your criticism here. Nothing about a particular artist or creator being popular and making money makes Nostr itself more centralized. In fact it would attract even more artists who would see what’s possible and learn from those who have gone before them to pave the way, which would “decentralize” the content landscape even more. The trailblazers who are here right now figuring out how to make this all work to monetize their craft deserve whatever they manage to earn through those efforts. It’s a labor of love and a lot of time is spent for not a lot of return right now for those doing it. No different than devs building apps for pennies in return. Nothing is preventing anyone from zapping whomever they choose to zap, and no one is making anyone zap an influencer or any other person they don’t feel deserves it. Value4value is a feedback loop, positively and negatively, and what or whose work is valuable is very subjective when it comes to artists. Why does anyone in any artistic category/genre become popular? That’s not a new phenomenon to nostr or humanity, and isn’t inherently a bad thing.