Who ever said you had to revive someone in the first place? If I don't know them, I'm not going to take the time and waste one of my tonics on them. I'm not going to laugh at them, but I'm sure not going to take pitty on them either.
I've died many a time before this new revive system came in and I'm not going to baby the new pirates either. Now if you're with a group of friends, I can understand reviving each other so you can defeat the higher level enemies. I will NEVER revive someone that expects me to.
If I feel in the mood, I will revive someone if they've asked nicely. But when someone tells me, "Revive me now." I'm not going to give them anything. I have had that happen to me a few times already since the revive system was released and it's annoying. Demanding is not the way to get people to revive you, especially since you're not in the position to demand anything.
This is news I would "expect" from them.