They’re all shit in their own ways, but SM are just a little worse than the rest imo. YGE & JYPE are bad for all the reasons people gave above, but nobody has mentioned yet how trashy & unlikeable SM are.
for one they suck at protecting their artists, like in Jonghyun & Sulli’s cases; and the way they sent æspa to an all boys high school with very little security, leading to them being sexually harassed by the students online. Then there’s the situation with various NCT members from Mark and Haechan being extremely overworked to the handling of Lucas’ scandal. The treatment of f(x), EXO, SME’s blatant xenophobia towards their Chinese idols, should I go on?
SM may be the trendsetters and one of the top & founding companies of Kpop but the company as a whole is a dumpster fire