Explanation
Reading the question: The opinion is the last clause:
"white-labelling is advantageous for both parties." We might notice that
"advantageous" hasn't been mentioned earlier. When a term appears for the first time in the conclusion of an
argument, try term matching.
The strained connection is that the revenue and free
product are necessarily advantageous. This would fail to be true, for example,
if there is something else needed for advantageousness that is missing, or if
there is some overriding disadvantage. That's our filter.
Applying the filter: (A) is a strengthener, so it's out.
Choice (B) points out a disadvantage of the arrangement, so it's
in. (C) provides a comparative elaboration that is immaterial to establishing
advantage. Out. (D) provides a condition that must be met by one party to
capture the advantage, but it doesn't deny that there is an advantage. Choice
(D) is out. (E) is more promising: it points out an
potential inability of the seller to grasp the advantage. But it doesn't go far
enough because it ends up claiming that the seller only can't sell the thing as
well as the creator. That could be true and the arrangement could still be
tremendously beneficial for the seller. So (E) is out.
Logical proof: if (B) is true, we have an overlooked and
potentially overriding problem. Moreover, it's a quality perception issue, and
part of the argument was specifically that there is a good brand perception. We
can try the negation test. If (B) is false, then we have eliminated a concern,
strengthening the argument. We have a disadvantage that the argument failed to
point out. The correct answer is (B).
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