apy – I get it. I misunderstood. I have no problem paying the fee, i just read your words differently yesterday:
You are talking about being entertained and kept busy on tisha bav,
for some people who are bored, unfortunately, they see the shiur as a way to keep entertained and busy. a way to “get through” the day.
yesterday I saw “unfortunately” as a description for the second half of the sentence. It sounded like your description of it as entertainment was comparing it to sitting and watching tv as opposed to having any torah value, which is the part i was disagreeing with.
Could be i was just hungry and didnt think clearly.