How kind and constructive! Do you know the average amount an indie makes or the dominant value? You know many of them, when they start, they think they will make millions, but they never get a penny? They can still enjoy it or do it for the fun of it, nothing wrong with that. Little fun fact: in my dayjob I actually bring a corporate SaaS to fulfilment and it does in fact make millions, just for a corporation, so I probably know more about commercialization than most others in here and I don't pick on anyone.
And yes, I do have a bring to market plan and experience, so the possibility of actually owning a share of something that has commercial value is relatively high.
You know what collaboration is? It's when I invite someone to the project not to do my bidding, but to fulfill their ideas and bring their art to life. It's a matter of getting in tune with the collaborators.
Better yet: most indies don't finish their project because it tends to be too much for one person, so by collaborating (co-working if the other word is too hard for you) they get to see their part delivered. Did you notice half of the posts have [REVSHARE] in the subject which means essentially THE SAME or less than what I offered? Because normal rev sharing means also cost sharing, when I said I cover distribution and marketing costs, probably some asset and subscription costs too.
At the same time, while a person helps me with my project and brings part of their fantasy to life as well (the one I code to existence), they can get programming experience and project management experience relevant to normal jobs, you know, the ones that pay actual money that 95% of indies don't, ever do. So, I end up paying to bring to market a collective effort and but share the earnings. I take the risk and I come from a position where I expect to do the most work myself, while giving opportunity to fulfil own ideas and access anything in the project.
Now, either explain how exactly this is exploitation or use this opportunity to reform :).