Saying that while ignoring how sm promoted snsd and aespa is crazy. The difference is day and night.
Snsd girlies were getting cfs and solo stuff every second/step after their debut, sm was not mismanaging and putting them on a hiatus after major hits. ALL members got something(even unpopular ones) when it comes to solo and Yoona was getting THE queen treatment while it took 3 years for sm to finally give aespa solo promotion. In 3 years Yoona had bunch of cfs and even an acting role.
Sm doesn't want their stars to be bigger than them (that ceo was already talking about finding replacements when snsd was at their peak in 2010) bc they don't want idols to have leverage like tvxq, exo. Look at what happened to Taeyeon's bodyguards or lack of them. Meanwhile mid sized company starship will take everything, they have everything to loose bc they only have ive.
Also do you have proof sm buys youtube views for her?
