I wish the internet provided sufficient reward for journalism like this to exist in printed form, but I don’t think this piece would be getting the attention it has on places like reddit if it were a text-and-images article with linked interviews.
Kurvitz comes across like the lead in some Shakespearean tragedy, both pitiable and yet fundamentally responsible for the terrible situation he’s in.
My main takeaway at this point is how precious all these “I’m not going to buy anything more from ZA/UM” takes seem in hindsight, since apparently sheltering financial grifters has been part of the fundamental structure since before the first release. The money was always going toward charlatans, but taking a stand now flies a flag for the unbearably toxic creator and his personal coterie over the creators who are trying to continue working within the poinsoned system. There was never going to be a right answer in this mess.