https://www.coinspeaker.com/tiktok-revenue-in-app-purchases/

“TikTok has had IAPs [in-app purchases] since its very beginning and its app revenue last year was a whopping $1.5 billion,” Blacker says. “Its IAPs are similar to Facebook’s in that users pay for coins which can be used to tip and pay for things from their favorite creators.”

Tell me again how it’s silly to expect people to buy intermediate currency to pay creators with.