IMO, the Chinese solo bars "YG mistreatment of our baby uwu" excuse is getting old. Jisoo had a drama, Rosé and Lisa had solos, Jennie has a part in an upcoming HBO show and has spent the better part of the year partying with American socialites in Los Angeles. All of them have traveled and attended various glamorous fashion events and have big brand ambassadorships. Is YG really mistreating their solo careers or favoring any particular member? Not really (except they really need to release Lisa's sales numbers because wtf)
My guess is their solo bars have moved on to younger idols (aka members of Aespa, IVE, and LSRF) and are spending their money there instead, but will use the mistreatment excuse to justify themselves to blinks instead of just admitting that they all dropped their biases in BP for other idols during the hiatus...The so-called mistreatment is not so bad that not one bar has said one word about starting group order or purchasing albums
YG should (and probably will, unless they truly hate BP and money that much) release member digipack versions like they did for Winner and Treasure, C-bars will probably tune in for those as they are less expensive and they can just buy their bias directly
