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[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 15 points 5 months ago

“I’m paying with exposure.”

In this case though, advertising otherwise would have actually cost them money... This is the one time that it actually is a "decent" although not "great" argument. The exposure dynamic to companies is completely different than for workers.