I think it may be because habits are pretty hard to break.
The FOMO factor. Fear of Missing Out. Same applies to cable tv. People are apprehensive about canceling because of FOMO. However, there are plenty of streaming sites, OANN, Newsmax, America’s Voice that do not hate America.
I know what you are saying, and you are right.
But if you read all of the posts on social media, including FR, about how horrible they are one might think people would rally around a new source.
If Trump left, his 75 million followers would be impacted. I am not saying they would leave—but they sure would stop visiting the site and seeing their ads.
And, moving to another publicly accessible site would drive eyeballs to a new source. And that is always good.