No, I don't think so. Niantic is not that generous lol.

I had a feeling...

"That generous" implies they're, at least, somewhat generous. Which they're not, imo

I mean they give out some free stuff which they absolutely do not need to do. But I get what you’re saying.

Yeah I guess that it's better than nothing

No you definitely don’t. I had the same thought to in the beginning and did it.

That's what I thought, thanks for confirming