I really tried to be a good consumer that responsibly paid for media I wanted now that I'm an adult. Piracy and physical media are the only way.

@EposVox

@EposVox WOOOOOOOOOOOW.

This is why I go physical where I can/when I know I don't want to lose access.

@EposVox Streaming is transient for me: if I expect to come back to it later, I want DRM-free local files in a well supported format, not just a stream.

I buy a lot of music in downloadable digital format, and I would happily pay for video from licenced distributors—but no such services exist as far as I know (for anime, movies or Western TV).

Physical makes no sense for me, it costs more and is worse for the environment and costs *me* time to rip to file for my digital library...

@EposVox This is part of why I was upset about the CR/Right Stuf merge : /

@EposVox This is making me glad that I got a Optical Disk drive support in my last PC case. Now can I find a internal BluRay PC drive to replace this ageing DVD-RW?

@EposVox Thereby justifying any future piracy I may need to perform to get the content I've already paid for.

Way to go, Crunchyroll! Encouraging piracy and discouraging spending on digital products in one fell swoop.

@EposVox At the very least, they should be required to refund those purchases. Google refunded all the games I'd bought when Stadia was shut down.

@EposVox

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@EposVox@glitch.lgbt Anime streaming is hilarious. Crunchyroll barely has anything in my region and they're surprised piracy is the number one way to even SEE anything still.

@EposVox yep true dat. I read Amazon Kindle terms. You never own the books and they can update or remove at any time. Nothing is forever.

@EposVox, “we appreciate your understanding.” 🤡

@EposVox 😱

@EposVox
> "If buying is not owning, then piracy is not stealing"

(quote author: Tyler James Hill,
I found it here: https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/#tyler-james-hill )

@EposVox yaarrgh ahoy matey ​:pirate:​ ​:pirate:​ ​:serious_skull:​
for real though this is fucked up bro this feels like it should be illegal 😭

@EposVox Remember : if you never own a content you pay for, then downloading isn’t theft 🤷‍♂️

@EposVox This is my shocked face. <.<

@EposVox oh, what a surprise. Fucking Sony again.

@EposVox this meme will be evergreen

@EposVox If buying isn't owning then pirating is not stealing.

The music industry learned this and the majority of music can be bought and downloaded in a common format without any DRM attached to it. Coincidentally it's been a decade since I last pirated music.

@EposVox Reads like a pretty big, capital letters, FU to their customers.

@EposVox :blob_cat_giggle:

@EposVox paying a subscription for access to a content library like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu etc is fine, trying to "buy" content to own is where the issue lies.

@EposVox Where the purchases DRM-free like on their continental European brand Wakanim or are the buyers really fucked?

@EposVox it's almost like piracy is the best option.

@EposVox Removing access to digital copies should be illegal.

@EposVox @Gargron Unfortunately not everything is available on physical media to buy. So…

@EposVox where? I can’t buy a bunch of anime series anywhere 🤷🏻‍♂️

@EposVox as an additive: even if you didn’t used funimation’s services but you still used crunchyroll, you are also paying 2x more on a yearly basis plan (50 > 100 a year) starting next year.

absolute chaos.

@EposVox Still worth paying for anime, just because the margins are so thin and the people making it are doing it for peanuts. But for anime, downloads are your best bet because, even if you watch dubs, subtitles for the songs and signs are so good out there, and can't be used with streaming services. Animated, dynamic subs that really can change the mood of a scene, moods that are lost with static, fixed subs.

@EposVox@glitch.lgbt we own nothing, but we are unhappy. The only subscription worthwhile is for a good VPN to browse the seven seas

@EposVox While checking the facts about this, I found original post from Funimation / Crunchyroll with this text on: https://help.funimation.com/hc/en-us/articles/23103586580244-Funimation-End-of-services But funny, it redirects off into general help area instead.

@EposVox @Gargron I *think* (thankfully) that this is only for digital copies that came with physical dvd/blu-ray purchases as per this screenshot taken from https://help.funimation.com/hc/en-us/articles/23103586580244-Funimation-End-of-services

@EposVox "...we are continuously working to [...] provide you with an exceptional anime streaming experience"

"exceptional" as in "you'll be able to stream, with some exceptions"

@EposVox
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@EposVox thepiratebay.org + Plex is an excellent remedy to streaming 💩

@EposVox I reckon if CDs or DVDs were invented now, they'd be made illegal. Thank goodness not.

@EposVox What a pathetically long-winded way of saying „they are gone, fuck off“.

@EposVox They had awful management but I'll still miss Funimation :drgn_weary_sob:
Why did the worst streaming service have to consume the other and monopolize anime streaming in the west
#FuckCrunchyroll and #FuckSony

Why do they never even consider giving people refunds when they do this? Then it would be at least somewhat sensible, it would be a minor inconvenience instead of straight up stealing.