I guess one could argue, that the statistical correlations between 2 different tokens imply shared characteristics, and/or relationships between concepts, and that this is the essence of meaning, but I personally find that argument unconvincing.
But you are right that no one knows what the weighs on a specific model do. It's like von Neumann's phant but instead of five parameters it's billions of em.
You then have to register in some internet site,fill a form, give them your creditcard info, that step alone is more troublesome than just searching for the cracked file and downloading. No logins, no forms to fill,no bullshit.