Chapotony Chatano here, internet's busiest hogposter, and it's time for another edition of "Let's Argue", where we're on the internet, we accept your hot takes, unpopular opinions, and tough questions, and we struggle sesh over all of them. Leeeeet's, GO!
I was thinking of sponsorships as a side hustle, and they're maybe, like, the equivalent of handicraftsmen just when it comes to their side hustle. They're creating something (coolness), and selling it to a company while not having any employees to exploit.
For the rest of their work, they're definitely workers imo.