People upvote him of their own free will. Sure, I think he makes a ton of money out of his posts but he has found a way to do that. He does it in a way that people respond to and that’s what Steemit is all about. Things that negatively affect Steemit are the massive downvote campaigns that I’ve seen on some of his posts. Just let it be a free market and that’s that. No reason to rain on anyone’s parade