easy out slang

[Chucha]

Please help find translate "easy out" in the following sentence. It seems no dictionary entry exists anywhere. The context is as follows:

With all due respect to the high-quality bands working for a living, the studios have always chosen the easy out by shoving numbingly formulaic, bad music down the public's throat.

thanks to all

[dumb_one]

...easy [way] out..
It's pretty obvious that the snag is the missing "way".
..выбирают легкий путь, идут по пути наименьшего сопротивления...