>Maybe a Sora descendant will allow user-directed content to emerge.

Sora didn't die because UGC social media doesn't work. Sora died because UGC social media would just be reposted to Tiktok.

These new tech companies are still too obsessed with 2000's/2010's versions of monetization. sell it as a service on a subscription (with some free tier rate throttling) focused on content creators (who will make the money back by posting) and it would have at least lasted longer.