With some exceptions, we all have a choice in the first-world. Chains can be external and internal. In your example, the chains are mostly internal even if there is some degree of external chains. If you’re living in SF and are a game developer, chances are you aren’t doing terribly.

As for exploited and poor third-world countries or those who lack citizenship in first-world countries, I’m inclined to say that is modern slavery. It sometimes literally is slavery, even child slavery.

Here in the first-world, we benefit from child slavery and third-world in the products we consume. The scary thing is that it’s not uncommon either.