Even if you're directing this at the user's blog posts specifically; this is a ridiculously pessimistic, sad way to view things.
I hope you're just having a bad day because if you sincerely have this greedy, cynical mindset day to day(towards blogging, software, offline/real life activities, whatever) I feel sorry for you.
GP's comment might be provocatively phrased, but I don't think it's an invalid point to have:
When I publish something online for free, i.e. without requiring authentication or payment, be it a Reddit comment, a blog post, a Stackoverflow answer or anything else, I do so hoping that it will be useful to somebody somehow, without any illusions about being able to gatekeep some types of current or future consumers.
Even if you're directing this at the user's blog posts specifically; this is a ridiculously pessimistic, sad way to view things.
I hope you're just having a bad day because if you sincerely have this greedy, cynical mindset day to day(towards blogging, software, offline/real life activities, whatever) I feel sorry for you.