You forget another thing, lots of users here seem to immensely dislike people who purchase the chapters legally, & sometimes call them hypocrite for also reading here (well, duh, there are also unlicensed series you can only read in sites like this) or rats, as if all of them are the ones who ratted out this site in the first place. I wholeheartedly agree with you, the attitude is the problem. Just because one is broke doesn't give the them the rights to badmouth the author or the legal readers. But wishing for a change is probably just wasting our breath, as many of the readers here are juveniles, who lack the understanding about how the industry works. We need both the authors & the legal readers to support the industry, otherwise there'll be no product to read. So I hope people stop attacking them. It's more than just about decorum.
I have been a reader here for years, but created my account quite recently. Just like you all I am sad, worried and stressed out because of all the drama going on right know. But while this drama is going on I am really shocked because of something else. The attitude of some people here.
Never forget, we read here illegaly. And even though it sucks that some great reads is being removed on the request of the authors, it does not give people the right to badmouth them, their lifestyle or the reason why they want their work removed from here in the first place.
I have never used an official site before. I have mostly used this site. But every day, I am prepared that something that I read or want to read might disappear. That is something I have to be ready for, as an illegal reader. I understand the authors. If I were one of them, I would most definitely react the same way.