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I think this is a bad 'Moo've and bad for Community cohesion. It does nothing positive for EA's (and the Sims Team's) optics with regards to greed or the new ownership, and involved creators will have their names tarnished through their involvement. The Sims community on Tumblr looks very unhappy with this news, especially creators who were formerly involved with the Creator Network.
I think the low pay cut on top of this is a bit insulting as well. Most publishing platforms do a 60% or 70% cut in favor of creators. There's a claim that the money will go towards quality control but in previously released Creator Kits, that seems to have been overlooked in several cases, and the value proposition of the content previewed in the Marketplace trailer looks even worse than that of the Kits.
We don't need even more FOMO in a hobby that's become more and more monetized but I think the creators should get a larger cut of sales if this has to happen at all.