Until they stop region locking their content, they can bite rocks.
For manga: if they provide a good way to read it in (human) English without region locking, there’s no real problem. Something like MangaPlus works decently well for chapter releases. Something like MangaUp sucks ass. I buy volumes and am subscribed to MangaPlus. Most of what I pirate isn’t even available in English.
For anime: stop with the idiotic exclusives and region locking, so there can be more services. CR needs to suck less and HIDIVE needs to open up their service to the rest of the world again. It’s hypocritical to complain about piracy when you never intended to sell it here anyway. No money is lost. Similar to manga, I buy Blurays (that work with my player) and am subscribed to CR (unwillingly, RIP Wakanim) and Netflix. I pirate what’s not available to me.
Will it solve everything? No, but it will for the majority
Video needs mandatory licensing, immediately fucking yesterday. Streaming services are a market failure. This situation is not good for consumers, and it’s not even good for the companies. They tricked themselves into ruining an effortless money spigot.
Maybe i should go ahead and download a few hundred gigs just in case the future needs me
Just gigs? You need some upgrades.
Absolutely do!
I might need you! Thanks for having the resources to do it.
Gabe Newell said it best, piracy is not an economic situation, it’s an access issue. Why Netflix almost solved piracy until everyone split up
You wanna thwart piracy? Sell your shit outside of Japan. Seems simple enough to me.
The old dinosaurs sitting at the top will never learn will they
I read it as: hand your money to the corporate middlemen to get your fix. I’m more sympathetic if it’s easier to legally get the stuff outside of a streamer or limited physical release.
It’s equally insane that there’s no easy way to get permission if you’re a small timer who wants to make unofficial fanwork.
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