I do believe that a part of the decision is the buzz it creates. I’d never heard of Silo until every tech website reported that the first episode was posted on Twitter.

Folks with limited means (like me) might be grateful for low-res, free, and delayed.

If the freebie is unacceptable on that platform it can be extracted and played back on whatever one wants: https://pastebin.com/ivpqdUmA