Isn't it less work if someone else uploads? Do they make money off of uploading or somethi...

No :)) they didn't take any money

No they don’t, it’s just competition.

If anything, they lose money. You pay to read official chapters. So them uploading for free isn’t gaining them anything.

Hi.
We don't make any money, rather spend the money from our own expenses to buy and share paid contents here so everyone can read without any worries.
It goes for all the uploaders here. But still, admins and people are biased to few uploaders.
And it's not competition, don't take it in a wrong way. We (small scale uploaders )also have the right to claim good manhwas and manhwas from well known authors sometimes. But the well known and privileged people here always come back to us, pressuring us and all.

And now there's a new thing going on, if an uploader's friend is uploading any manhwa on bato, the uploader is uploading the same manhwa here despite the notice of another uploader. Others are doubting they aren't buying the manhwa, they just got the files from their friend and is uploading here, where the original uploader, who put notice is waiting to refill gems/coins and buy the chapters and then upload.

So you see, it's a mess here.
I would say, don't pay attention and just enjoy the contents available here. Manipulative people will manipulate others into believing lies.