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IDK who this expert is, but "core anime fans" are absolutely not watching anime on Netflix or other "mainstream" streaming sites.
They're pirating. We all are. Because pirating is literally the same as watching through those other sites, except it doesnt cost us money.
Free sites also always have way more features and the animators don't see a penny from the subscription fee of streaming services anyways
I don't know where you got that impression, but sites like Crunchyroll definitely pay to be able to host anime on their site. Where exactly do you think that money comes from?
They pay the rightsholders, very little of this makes it to the studio and close to nothing goes to the normal employees
Sometimes the studios are the rightsholders. As for whether the animators and other staff in the industry are well compensated, I think there's almost nothing that can be done about that. Where there is passion it will be exploited.
I mean, some subscription services do pay the IP owners, but many times it is at a reduced rate. The best thing that you can do to support your favorite studios is buy bluray releases and merch direct from the studio, or as direct as possible.
Pirating doesn't directly pay studios, but if you pirate and then buy bluray/merch, the studio is definitely getting more of your money than if you were paying for a subscription service.