Yes, it is.

No ads or previews to skip before each episode. Skip button seems to appear at different times.

No waiting for the skip button for recaps or intros. Sometimes they decide not to appear. If you jump 10s, sometimes they don't appear. Most pirated shows are appropriately bookmarked.

No waiting for the "next episode" button to appear. Sometimes they decide not to appear. If you jump 10s, sometimes they don't appear.

Some services make it harder than it should be to get to the episode/season list.

Must use their player. Usually means controls and subtitles appear on top of video. Screen dimmed on pause. Wack-a-mole controls.

That's not even counting the "few outliers" that I seem to encounter frustratingly often.