>>482691
The only one of these that line of reasoning could even potentially apply to is Nimi.
-Senzawa was already big pre-Hololive.
-Selen getting fucked over by Niji, attempting suicide, and getting terminated wasn't some 5D chess game. Doki is not that smart.
-Mint wasn't even planning to come back until Matara coaxed her back out of retirement. Even then the original plan was for it to be temporary, for the duration of their summer podcast. Only later did she realize she could actually make it as an indie.
But the whole argument is retarded. Indie is indie. This isn't like the amateur-vs-professional distinction, because even small indies are pros. And nobody is "stealing" attention from anybody. Don't discount that all of these girls earned their corpo opportunities in the first place.
>>502191
>The people that watch ex corpo ligs are not the same that would enjoy other indies.
I watch and enjoy a whole range of chubas from some of the biggest down to some 2-views. Some are corpo, some are indie, and IDGAF. There are benefits of corpos, and there are benefits of being indie, and only the individual talent can decide which works best for them at any given point in their career. As a fan, my role is to support the people I enjoy and follow them wherever they go as long as I still enjoy their work. If they change so much that I no longer enjoy them, I quietly move on. I don't have the time or energy to waste on anti-ing anybody, let alone come up with schizo logic to justify it.