I absolutely do not understand this article. It contradicts itself.

> ACX offers higher royalties to creators (i.e. more money from audiobook sales) if they opt for Exclusive distribution.

Well, then pay more money to the authors, instead of complaining about it.

Also, how is this any different from bookstores having exclusive rights with certain publishers. I remember some books I wanted few years back were available only on Barnes and Noble (back when Amazon was still not that big). How is this different from games being Steam or Epic store exclusives? Like come on, create incentives for creators and they will flock to you. You can't sit around and complain when literally you're a middleman and you refuse to pay your creators more.