it's very easy to counterfeit an ordinal. just mint the content in a new bitcoin transaction and now you own a bored ape or whatever other "nft" you wanted! seems so easy right?
This has always been the case with every NFT on every blockchain. Nothing is stopping you from creating a fake Bored Ape, just like nothing is stopping you from painting a fake Mona Lisa. People who know how to read the blockchain or look for signs of forgery in paintings will be able to spot the difference between real and fake pretty easily, however.
Have yet to hear a single argument against NFTs that either
- doesn't also apply to the physical counterparts they are emulating, or
- doesn't also apply to bitcoin and all other cryptocurrencies.