> In a lot of industries, I believe that to deliberately be the case.
Maybe a simpler way of looking at this might be that given a large pool of potential applicants the incentive to actually pay these people simply isn't there if a large enough percentage of the pool doesn't require payment.
It's still the same brutally unfair result, but it doesn't require looking for conspiracy.
Not necessarily true. I saved up enough money from an old job and sold my car to move to NY two years ago. I took an unpaid internship that lasted 2 months. Was hired on as freelance and eventually bumped to salary.
