We use to only get the upper tier stuff. If you check out the Master Licensing List archive, you’ll see that 10 years ago (Fall 2013) Funimation /Sentai / Aniplex USA combined only licensed around 20 titles total
In Winter 2023 that total jumped to Approximately 76 titles (over 3x as much) so instead of just getting the popular / ecchi stuff that would sell, we’re getting almost everything being produced now, and as such a lot of lower quality product, which, back then, never would have been licensed.