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No, I think it's a reasonable stance. I pay for Crunchyroll and Hidive because I like the paid service they provide, it's a good experience that they are providing and I find value in it. Why would I pay for something that I don't find value in, something where a company tries to actively downgrade the experience of its users rather than try to upgrade the experience of its paid service? I like services where they don't try to actively screw over their users. I pay for Lastfm and Trakt too, because again I like the paid service that they provide.
It's hard to provide something extra when all their content comes from users. They tried with ~~redtube~~ YouTube Red originals but those were pretty lame.
You pay for those because you can't watch them for free without ads by using an extension or something like that. They're not "convenient enough to bypass" for you.
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