Kinda late to the discussion.
I partly agree with you.
I use this site for convenience, UI, good working TTS and a community that is not as fake as Webnovel.
But the most important reason is that if I would read everything on Webnovel I would have to pay like 150€ a month.
The prices are just insane and an instant no go for me.
Sites like this kinda work like advertisment for some people. I'm being honest, if this site wouldn't exist I wouldn't even read most novels since it's so expensive on Webnovel. So they don't even lose money trough me since I would ignore them anyways.
Instead (sometimes) I find myself visiting other creators/translators websites and if they do a good job, donate some € to them.
Done so on multiple occasions and NetherClaw (The Admin) even adds some links below the novel description towards the support site or original page of the creator/translator. But only if they are unrelated to Webnovel.
We need some sort of subscription based service for Novels.
