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Aren’t video game workers “gig” contracts? You don’t hear about actors getting mad when the job is done and there’s nothing more to act on, they gotta go and find their next gig.
Not every game dev needs artists at all times, programmers at all timea, coders at all times etc. of your not making a new game, yeah you gotta lay of graphic designers, what are they gonna do?
The difference is, actors do it out of choice, and through power. If the gig workers are doing it through no choice and because employers don't want to give them the same benefits as permanent employees, it's exploitative.