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Hank
The issue has always been with speed. We've been able to obtain raws for the week days before the official stuff comes out. Over a decade ago some guy was arrested over leaking Naruto chapters that were getting posted online almost a week in advance. Even the past few years we've had the weekly releases on Thursday. It's hard for some people to stomach waiting for the official release when the raws are already out. Again, I'm not agreeing with them but the issue is with the service. If people can get the content faster through pirates than official releases, they're always going to go to the pirates. It's also more prevalent in this community since Piracy is tied to the roots of all things Anime and Manga.
I do agree that I don't feel there's a point to having multiple translations, there are tons of series that were good and have been dropped/forgotten by scanlations for years which could be picked up instead.