Crunchyroll started as a piracy website that would steal the work of fansub groups and lock it behind paywalls, which caused Fansub groups to literally encode messages during the "Brought to you in part by these sponsors" segments, warning viewers that if you paid for the subs, you got scammed
I don't remember there ever being a paywall until they transitioned to becoming a legitimate streamer
granted, there were a bunch of years I didn't really pay attention to the website since it coincided with graduating and going college
but at least in 2009 I watched all of LoGH on there for free
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