A bit of history here.

LOTRO had a tutorial - the really basic stuff like how to move. This has always been skippable other than when bugged.

LOTRO had an introduction. Fighting bandits in Archet. Going through Skorgrim's tomb. More recently killing flies around the Beorninghus or being stabbed by the Witch King or fighting orcs in Cardolan. The introduction could also be skipped until SSG got greedy and removed that option - substituting a 100 LP skip of the introduction in the store. Which is where we are today.

If you want to avoid paying but still be done with the introduction fast select the Shadow introduction when creating the character if you have that choice - it is by far the fastest other than for Beornings. And you end the introduction next to a stables with a quick ride to other starter zones unlike the Archet introduction.