[jasonshaev]

Serious question: what did they actually build?

They create images and sell them on someone else's network. I could list a JPG on eBay without having to run any infrastructure either.

[ec109685]

Listing jpg’s on eBay wouldn’t get you a cut every time one of those jpgs was sold. You couldn’t easily airdrop items to holders of your apes, etc.

[lupire]

They built a weird business that made them rich.

If it wasn't built on crypto hype, it wouldn't have been popular.