> 新年から運動につきあってもらえるのはありがてぇんだけど

I understand the speaker is grateful because the other character accompanied
him from the beginning of the new year to do exercise, but what does もらえる
communicate differently from using もらう here?
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sentence giving-and-receiving
What is the difference between もらう and もらえる in this sentence?
Not too sure, but could it be that it expresses gratefulness for being able to
come instead of direct gratefulness for coming?
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> あなたは私について来てもらいます。これは命令です。

As the above example shows, VERBてもらう can be used about an event that is
predetermined, often by you.

> 奴には死んでもらった。

This means you killed him.

> 新年から運動につきあってもらえるのはありがてぇんだけど

〜てもらえる in this case makes it clear that it is at the discretion of the person
who keeps you company (or possibly someone else's), and not at yours, to do
so.
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Actually in this context, the dictionary form もらう is nearly unusable. The
vanilla もらう has a connotation that the said action is granted, or expected. It
is okay if you use it in the past form, or in front of a third party, but
sounds as if you are "forcing" the hearer when spoken towards themselves.

Thus if you want to tell the other you are "grateful", not only the fact being
"beneficial" to you, you need to say like you're glad that you _can_ (= be
lucky to; be accepted to) have them to do something, and that is what the
potential form does here.
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