If Google makes $500,000 per engineer, it's arguably exploitive for them to pay their engineers $50,000. They can pay a lot more, but don't because they are sti

If Google makes $500,000 per engineer, it's arguably exploitive for them to pay their engineers $50,000. They can pay a lot more, but don't because they are stingy. On the other hand, if the Wi-fi operator is making $25 per employee, they just can't pay much more. Even if you think "exploitation" is bad, it's simply not "exploitation" to offer a reasonable cut of your revenue to an employee. This also applies to low-cost accommodation. A slum lord renting out crappy rooms for $100 a week is being exploitive if it costs them $10 a week. A Tokyo or Hong Kong style "coffin hotel" offering tiny $100 / week rooms which costs $50 a week is not being "exploitive", it's just servicing people who couldn't otherwise afford accommodation.