1. Your issue is with media as a whole here of all kinds, not mnet or survival shows. That’s what it seems like to me.
2. The company burns money here? I haven’t heard that before, I heard that they have a budget for each performance from the show. And they gain promotion in it.
3. The acrobatics I doubt is an mnet thing. I doubt mnet requires them to perform acrobatics. And they’re seen on non mnet shows and performances. Both within kpop and without.
4. The ikon thing is unrelated to mnet or the survival show as you pointed out. It’s about the company if anything. So I don’t see the point, if you want to say companies can suck with promotion then no duh.