Predatory practical monopolies and outdated labor laws functioning as intended.
This is one of the under-appreciated aspects of capitalism: the profit motive encourages the unscrupulous to surface ethical holes in the market. If only we were principled enough to do something with this information.
It actually does in fact take less time to build something to share your own content than it does to create the content itself.
That's why I don't understand why does airbnb take 10% of the transaction? They are just a website. Why does Apple take 30%? They are just a search engine.
And google makes something like $1.2 million per employee. How much of that on average does the google employee get to keep? Is it more or less than content creators?