This was obvious to the technologists involved, right click save as memes are proof. Maybe even obvious to Paris Hilton and Jimmy Fallon when they were pumping

This was obvious to the technologists involved, right click save as memes are proof. Maybe even obvious to Paris Hilton and Jimmy Fallon when they were pumping NFTs to his audience. But probably not obvious to the ordinary people who bought in to the hype with real hard earned cash, though some were involved simply to flip to someone else for more than they paid (aka the greater fool economic theory).