Although I see it as a positive. The money spent to "buy" technology is essentially wasted money.
Is money spent to buy software also "wasted money"? How are you going to pay the engineers developing this technology?
I can live on a decent wage. I don't need to make millions of dollars a year.
Screw "creatives" and screw this madness of royalties and license fees. Of what you're doing is of value to someone, they will pay you upfront.