@grillchen I dunno about that. I thinks its really more about toxic comments and the image it displays.
And yes keeping their revenue is likely also a thing.
As for DRM... Its a battle we lost a long time ago sadly.
I still think that it is important to support the industry where feasable. Also I don't watch all that much anime anymore. It kinda does not fit in. there is 2 shows I might watch this season. But by now I maybe watch the one free episode see if it is something for me and then grab the source-material where possible.
If I am really interested I might wait for the season to finish book a month of crunchy and watch it.
It is also super trivial to downloaf the anime with an active sub as well. I still want to give some money to the industry. Better than giving it to pirates....
Though tbh thats more of a morale question at that point...