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You wouldn’t have any ‘free’ pirated series to read if it wasn’t for legal readers paying for them from official platforms. Someone has to buy it to steal it and upload it elsewhere. Someone has to buy it to encourage the creators to keep making future stories. If no one paid, ever, there would be nothing to read. This is why platforms charge an arm and a leg. Legal readers have to pay even more to read bc other ppl pirate the same stories. I understand the ease and temptation to read for free but it’s still wrong. I don’t wanna give those greedy ass companies my money either, and I hate how they treat their customers, but the creators get their due portion when we support their hard work thru those sites. Sadly that’s the way it is. If a creator has a Patreon or other means of getting paid, then that’s great but most don’t. Most creators aren’t independent and are only published via studios and platforms.