I liked Venom, but I hate this move. I think people liked Venom though because it exceeded the expectations of a Sony produced Spidey verse movie. And it was a Spidey verse side character that was done horribly once before. So expectations were really low and Sony exceeded them with flying colors.
If it had been an MCU movie the expectations would have been higher and the disappointment higher.
Sony needs MCU more than MCU needs Marvel and anyone that thinks otherwise hasn't been paying attention.