People brag about getting bargains all the time. That's like one of the core themes of the "digital nomad" community.
The (2) option you specified is not the case. And if people can only afford a $1/night hotel room, then I think there are more productive places to direct that outrage.
> "if people can only afford a $1/night hotel room"
Yes, they exist. They are called poor people.
As it is, the business model seems partially based on there being (1) a group of men on the internet who want to voyeur hotel rooms, and (2) working class women who reluctantly consent to their hotel room being live-streamed for a discounted rate. If it's not textbook, it certainly has some of the symptoms of exploitation.
It's a hotel room, not a permanent residence. The responsibility for providing affordable housing doesn't rest on the owner of a small guesthouse. Also this is Japan, not a city like San Francisco with a homeless epidemic and tents on the sidewalks.
> (1) a group of men on the internet who want to voyeur hotel rooms, and (2) working class women who reluctantly consent to their hotel room being live-streamed for a discounted rate.
Uh...what? Have you looked at the videos on their Youtube channel? You're really stretching to find a reason to be outraged here.
The (2) option you specified is not the case. And if people can only afford a $1/night hotel room, then I think there are more productive places to direct that outrage.