> why should they page a German wage for someone who is a face on a screen, when they can pay a fraction for that same face broadcasted from a few hundred kilom

> why should they page a German wage for someone who is a face on a screen, when they can pay a fraction for that same face broadcasted from a few hundred kilometers further east or south? Because if they are worth anything, those people will find somebody else willing to pay German wages. Pay peanuts, get monkeys.