> Also there was a little outcry that the original artist just received the royalty free platform usual ridiculously small one time payment.

Reminds me of Carolyn Davidson, Nike’s swoosh logo creator, who was paid $185 for the original design but was later given shares in Nike that ended up being worth a bit more. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Davidson_(graphic_desi...