You heard of that WBD/Hasbro copyright debacle? Pretty sure you have.
If you have, i will tell you this: You are lucky. It could’ve gone worse.
For instance, El Chavo, a 1980s mexican sitcom that’s quite an icon down here in Brazil, was straight-up pulled from all TV channels and streaming services because of a copyright dispute, and right now, you can only watch it if you’re willing to sail the high seas, either on YouTube, through torrents, and some piracy websites. And even on YT, there’s the chance the episode will be copy-struck. There was a petition to bring it back, but it was (presumably) unsuccessful.
Imagine if MLP was taken off all the airwaves and from all streaming services. Media piracy would become rampant within the fandom, which would likely start slowly dying out, given that the main object that created it is now only available through piracy. The parts that are most likely to survive would be the ones who embrace what came before or after FiM, and those who surround fan-made content, and there is no guarantee that those parts will survive for long.
Just some thoughts for you.