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It may discourage some companies from scrapping your content.
And if they ignore the license, you may have grounds to collect the fee if it becomes obvious that they are using your content in the AI models. (Unlikely to collect though)
It was also amazing read and it just made me fall in love with programming all over again. And thanks for mentioning Doom Guy, just ordered it.
BNPL companies target people who are unlikely to afford the purchase and they will be in far worse position afterwards. Since these are high risk loans, so they come with even higher interest rates and fees too.
They would consider it smart to game the system.
Only way I can explain this attitude is to compare it tax loopholes in the west. It is very hard for many Americans to see loopholes in tax codes as unethical. Like using mega-backdoor-ira loophole to bypass income limits for contributing to IRA. (Personally, I am not saying that tax loopholes are ethical or unethical, just something that can be seen both ways.)