I semi gave up publishing tutorials on my public blog when I realized people would just copy them and republish for their own profits. Then I've read on HN how

I semi gave up publishing tutorials on my public blog when I realized people would just copy them and republish for their own profits. Then I've read on HN how one person who had some HTML games on his site, had it iframed/proxied by others on their ad infested sites. That hurt me more even. ChatGPT just cemented my new mentality. People will consume content, that is a fact. But publishing new interesting things is just not worth doing for free anymore. So now I resorted to publishing books on Amazon and building my own email list (while I do the usual freelancing). Like it or not, the walled gardens are where it's at. You just need to make YOUR OWN walled garden and ask people for money to join and consume/enjoy it. Also: ChatGPT can (almost) not produce anything new, it's just regurgitating/mixing things that are already online.