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None of those require any personal investment.

I think GP meant something that takes a lot of your personal time to do, while staying unprofitable no matter the skill level. For example, ROM hacks and emulators: they're difficult and time-consuming to create, and they can't be monetized for legal reasons.



> they can't be monetized

Yeah difficult to corporately commercialise, however they can be statusified.




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