Seriously- why do people blindly pay these guys such an unfair ransom on their 'literature held hostage?'. Oh, because they're kids who don't know the value of money, or adults with mental illness or low impulse control. Microtransaction exploiting sites make most of their money off of a tiny percent of their user base- most of whom could use actual help instead. "0.15% Mobile Gamers Bring In 50% Of The Revenue" according to one study- and those people are profiled not as rich people- but people with addictive personalities and other issues. Look again at that number 0.15%- that's a tiny portion to be carrying huge franchises, and that's scary. Now, novels aren't games- but if someone can get addicted to a good book, and someone else can leverage that to extort $2/month to read two chapters ahead just because they're impatient, 'why not' right? Because it's unethical? Right- capitalism cares about 'ethics' since when? Anyway- enough 'soapbox'. Wuxiaworld is not a good platform for translators or authors for a ton of other reasons too- but whatever. You can google 'microtransaction mental health' if you're interested. It's mostly video game studies- but obviously some companies are adapting/exploiting in other arenas...