@Skull:
Does Funimation have high quality episode downloads for every episode of the series (1-401) available on their website, and translated without stupid English renaming for everything the way a lot of people like it? No? Then they aren't a good substitute for fansubs. I don't want and never will want some shitty little low quality stream with subbing I dislike for only a select number of episodes when there has long since been a better alternative. When Funimation is ready to start taking anime distribution seriously and keep up with the times and provide a good translation, then I'll support them. Not before.
Pretty clear cut and simple thing to understand to me.
Also I see nothing morally wrong with not buying the DVDs since they have nothing I want. I hate the dub, and I hate the way Funi translates the Japanese version. The only thing on their DVDs that I would ever concievably want would be the higher quality episode raws with the Japanese audio, and then only for ripping and use for fansubs.
You pretty much said everything I think there. Streaming sucks and I never watch it, English renaming is crap, and I'd rather pull my intestines out through my throat than watch a dub.
Since plenty of people dislike watching streams, I can't see how Funimation streaming OP will "end fansubs." And if Funimation decides to send a cease & desist to the fansubbers, all they'll have to do to get around it is host their torrents on public tracker sites, like The Pirate Bay.