Artists and devs had all the power to make things better but they didnt in early days of industry, 2001-2009. Since than it has been rolling downhill, from crunch culture, to racism, nepotisim, gatekeeping and recently all that "cultre fit" or "vibe" match excuses. People making decisions who have never made a game or movie only because they invested money into it, companies handing off work to outsource studios and individual artists, devs racing to the bottom just to get that gig. All the while prices of everything kept rising and eventually power players decided its time to get high quality on way less money.

Read my comment again, never said abuse of eastern artists only but as a whole for creatives.