I’m aware of the “bad way” of getting it currently, and I certainly haven’t gotten it that way.
Disney has sent out promo copies to a lot of people, someone I know being one of them, and that’s how I watched it early and made the comparison. I don’t think I need to prove my validity considering a simple Google search will bring up hundreds of people who have gotten it early. Even if I did obtain it wrongfully (which I didn’t), I’ve preordered five different editions of the film on BD now so it’s not like I’m not contributing to Disney’s dollar pile.

Regardless of that you’re right, it is now apparent that bootlegs of The Force Awakens from a few months ago shall now be the only way to view the original version of the film. ‘Wrong’ or not, like you said it will be comparable to the AoTC Centropy version which is literally the only version of the theatrical cut we have.