I meant it more to the comparison of traditional integrated routes, where candidates end up exactly the same position (and licence) as a modular student, albeit out of pocket.
Except that many aren't. Those integrated schools with partner airlines, and this naturally includes the MPL training establishments, have candidates transferring into cadet programmes. Certainly that is not the case with all integrated training providers, and some are noticeably more succesful than others. But at this level of the market it is all about finding employment.
Saving money on licence aquisition is cold comfort if cadets are being sourced from continuous, seamless, full time training courses. MPL or integrated fATPL, it might seem unfair, but it is quite understandable why any serious employer prepared to venture into this end of the market utilizes this type of training provider.
The licence might be the same, but the position isn't necessarily.