[stevenwoo]

I was conflating multiple issues with a single statement - a.) it seems unfair that they are paid by item by anybody so the performers have to become producers to make a more sustainable living b.) it seems like having almost monopoly status as a large producer (there are many studios from that wikipedia article but a lot of them are owned by Mindgeek, not sure what the diff is between them all) gives Mindgeek too much control over rates/contracts c.) the way Mindgeek pirates everyone via the youtube model on some of its sites squeezes out those who try to produce their own content outside of Mindgeek (those whom are not benefiting from Mindgeek's ad revenue/customer data).