The meat of the article is not talking about an injustice to the consumer. It's arguing that there's an injustice to the artist because artists' portfolios are critical to their career advancement. It's not enough to say "I worked on this team." You need to literally show your personal results in detail to get your next job. But, artist employers are requiring that the majority of their results be locked in a vault forever.
Some are even pushing to claim ownership of all art made during employment. That's blatantly a move to repress the employee's negotiating power.
I don't buy the argument, there are way too many game studios for them all to be like that, some will offer friendlier terms and will become somewhat more attractive to artists, while the restrictive studios will become somewhat less attractive.
I get what you are saying. I also received a settlement check from a group of major game & movie studios who admitted to actively colluding to suppress wages.
This case isn't even explicit collusion. It's a "That's just the way it is, kid. Deal with it." implicit collusion.
Some are even pushing to claim ownership of all art made during employment. That's blatantly a move to repress the employee's negotiating power.