This is just people not understanding databases (see: crypto as an extreme example)
Money is very real, it's just abstract in the sense that it's a unit in a database more than it's an object (it used to be both).
So sure, there are other units in databases that can be converted into money at a predictable exchange rate (often via code written by thousands of people sitting in information silos), but that doesn't mean that those units replace money in any holistic sense.
It's like saying money doesn't matter for TV networks, commercials viewership does (when ofc commercials matter b/c they lead to money).
Money is very real, it's just abstract in the sense that it's a unit in a database more than it's an object (it used to be both).
So sure, there are other units in databases that can be converted into money at a predictable exchange rate (often via code written by thousands of people sitting in information silos), but that doesn't mean that those units replace money in any holistic sense.
It's like saying money doesn't matter for TV networks, commercials viewership does (when ofc commercials matter b/c they lead to money).