apparently Alien Stage is now behind a paywall

So, someone I know recently started sobbing because Alien Stage is now behind a paywall for extremely important lore-related content. basically there are some comics or something that you need to pay $5 US dollars for, which is a lot depending on where you live and people are kind of livid for it.

I personally think... for a "series" who basically had a mass marketing campaign based on making the audience feel things... I mean it was bound to happen. Like, idk if you guys know about it, but Kagerou Project (or Mekukacity Actors) was in the same boat and they got a manga, light novel, and anime (started off as songs written by JIN).

But, from what I see of Alien Stage, it feels a lot more disjointed than Kagerou Project (they had sold them in volumes and stuff, idk correct me if I'm wrong). So you guys are more susceptible to this kind of paywall because you won't necessarily know what you get from it and how valuable it is.

Anyway, I don't really... like Alien Stage or understand the community behind it so people who like Alien Stage, what do you feel about your jigsaw puzzle of a "story" getting locked behind a paywall? Genuinely curious.

Because I see some people being like "this is scummy!" but like, it's... a marketable series, ofc Vivinos is going to try to make money for it.