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WingsOfGood
08/07/23 10:03:45 PM
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Example you boycott crunchyroll because the site is dogs*** and barely works and think them buying all the licenses is unethical.
"But support the creators!" They probably get more cut from merch than anything CR gave them.
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WingsOfGood
08/07/23 10:05:43 PM
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Also funny how CR corner the market making site watchable for free then bait and switched.
Yet site is barely functional. Is worse after update from funimation buyout.
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indica
08/07/23 10:05:45 PM
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ethics are subjective, so you'll probably get different answers

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DKBananaSlamma
08/07/23 10:06:10 PM
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who cares lol

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VeggetaX
08/07/23 10:06:31 PM
#6:


YouTube has some free anime movies and stuff

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Solo_Wing
08/07/23 10:10:19 PM
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VeggetaX posted...
YouTube has some free anime movies and stuff
This. Check out ani one, muse asia and gundaminfo. There's even some high profile anime in there like mushoko tensei, spy x fam, and dr stone

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Priere
08/07/23 10:11:02 PM
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Check out Tubi.

They have a large selection of free anime.

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Yazarogi
08/07/23 10:11:22 PM
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Do what you want fam, nothing like that is unethical.

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__aCEr__
08/07/23 10:13:25 PM
#10:


No but fuck it.

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Seaman_Prime
08/07/23 10:40:53 PM
#11:


Its the same as watching it on someone elses tv

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Prestoff
08/08/23 1:05:54 AM
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I have premium so I don't have issues watching on it. But I can see why watching it free would be a pain in the ass on Crunchyroll.

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Gamespoht
08/08/23 1:08:44 AM
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Netflix and Hulu still exists but fuck it we still got Kisscartoon going strong

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Kloe_Rinz
08/08/23 1:09:41 AM
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Depends
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Ricemills
08/08/23 1:13:08 AM
#15:


I don't pay a single dime, they have free anime channels on YouTube.

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Doe
08/08/23 1:28:11 AM
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Even ethically dubious actions are absorbed back into capitalism. Ethics is consumption

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Auto_Chrisbot
08/08/23 5:03:30 AM
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There's plenty of anime officially free without having to sail the seven seas.

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Dark_Arbron
08/08/23 5:08:19 AM
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When dealing with big business, ethics dont exist.

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tripleh213
08/08/23 5:24:46 AM
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I'm rewatching Yu Yu Hakusho on YouTube...

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Karovorak
08/08/23 5:28:37 AM
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Be like me:

) Pay for Crunchyroll
) Try to watch anime
) "This anime is not available in your region, because we don't give a fuck about europe"
) Yo-ho, Yo-ho!
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Dark_Arbron
08/08/23 5:30:45 AM
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Karovorak posted...
Be like me:

) Pay for Crunchyroll
) Try to watch anime
) "This anime is not available in your region, because we don't give a fuck about europe"
) Yo-ho, Yo-ho!

Much like DRM, region locking only serves to encourage the use of, ahem, less scrupulous ways of accessing the material.


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spikethedevil
08/08/23 6:03:57 AM
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Karovorak posted...
Be like me:

) Pay for Crunchyroll
) Try to watch anime
) "This anime is not available in your region, because we don't give a fuck about europe"
) Yo-ho, Yo-ho!

Digimon Adventure Tri was a big mess as CR refused to give any communication as to why half of Europe didnt get it till the DVD releases.

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DnDer
08/08/23 6:46:57 AM
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Doe posted...
Even ethically dubious actions are absorbed back into capitalism. Ethics is consumption

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.

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Tenlaar
08/08/23 7:04:36 AM
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Is it ethical to steal something for no reason beyond wanting some entertainment? Gee, thats a tough one.
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Kloe_Rinz
08/08/23 7:29:18 AM
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Tenlaar posted...
Is it ethical to steal something for no reason beyond wanting some entertainment? Gee, thats a tough one.
well, stealing implies the owner lost something
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Tenlaar
08/08/23 7:36:02 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
well, stealing implies the owner lost something
They did, they lost the revenue of somebody paying for their intellectual property.
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Kloe_Rinz
08/08/23 7:37:21 AM
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Tenlaar posted...
they lost the revenue
they didnt have the revenue. nobody hacked their bank and removed the funds from their account
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Tenlaar
08/08/23 7:40:10 AM
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I could not be less interested in entertaining your its not actually stealing arguments. Its all self serving bullshit.
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Sega9599
08/08/23 7:41:30 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
they didnt have the revenue. nobody hacked their bank and removed the funds from their account
Someone took their material without permission. The owner has the right over how their material is distributed

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Kloe_Rinz
08/08/23 7:41:42 AM
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It's not that hard to use the correct terminology instead of your disingenuous shitposting trying to make the situation worse than it actually is

Sega9599 posted...
Someone took their material without permission.
there was no "taking" either
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Prismsblade
08/08/23 7:47:20 AM
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I never cared either way, that and Free anime sites are a dime a dozen.

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deoxxys
08/08/23 7:53:43 AM
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Ricemills posted...
I don't pay a single dime, they have free anime channels on YouTube.
What is this the early 2000s?

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Karovorak
08/08/23 7:55:44 AM
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Tenlaar posted...
They did, they lost the revenue of somebody paying for their intellectual property.

As I said, they are not even offering it many times in my case. They literally don't want to sell it to me.

It definitly got better over the last few years, but it's still extremly stupid.
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Tenlaar
08/08/23 8:08:49 AM
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Karovorak posted...
As I said, they are not even offering it many times in my case. They literally don't want to sell it to me.
Do you think that somehow entitles you to it anyway?
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Tenlaar
08/08/23 8:09:45 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
It's not that hard to use the correct terminology instead of your disingenuous shitposting trying to make the situation worse than it actually is

there was no "taking" either
What is the correct terminology you want used then? Knowingly receiving stolen goods?
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Karovorak
08/08/23 8:13:00 AM
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Tenlaar posted...
Do you think that somehow entitles you to it anyway?

Just tell what kind of revenue they are supposed to lose, when they activly lock me out.
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Kloe_Rinz
08/08/23 8:21:13 AM
#39:


Tenlaar posted...
Knowingly receiving stolen goods?
if they didn't lose it, it wasn't stolen

its called piracy for a reason, and that reason is because its not theft because nothing was lost.
don't tell me you forgot about the word "piracy", you're just arguing in bad faith
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PraetorXyn
08/08/23 8:24:26 AM
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The last time I watched something on Crunchyroll, I didnt see any ads, and I stopped my subscription 2 years ago. So I think uBlock Origin just stops the ads.

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_____Cait
08/08/23 8:26:09 AM
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Big companies also do unethical things when making anime.

So follow your heart

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deoxxys
08/08/23 8:38:06 AM
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PraetorXyn posted...
The last time I watched something on Crunchyroll, I didnt see any ads, and I stopped my subscription 2 years ago. So I think uBlock Origin just stops the ads.
CR isnt free anymore, you sure you stopped that sub?

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AceMos
08/08/23 8:40:06 AM
#43:


depends how available it is

if there is no legal way to watch something well then the studios have left you no choice but to sail the high seas

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Gwynevere
08/08/23 8:48:45 AM
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Who cares if it's ethical or not? Has anyone ever considered watching a free anime site, but then stopped and said "hold up is this morally justifiable?"

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Tenlaar
08/08/23 8:57:05 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
if they didn't lose it, it wasn't stolen

its called piracy for a reason, and that reason is because its not theft because nothing was lost.
don't tell me you forgot about the word "piracy", you're just arguing in bad faith
I told you Im not interested. Intellectual property can obviously be stolen.
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Trelve
08/08/23 9:05:16 AM
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If I can get a better experience by pirating content, then I don't feel bad at all.
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ZevLoveDOOM
08/08/23 9:15:31 AM
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fam i already got a bunch of services like Netflix, HBO Max and Disney Plus.

i'm not gonna subscribe to an additional service just to watch a couple of anime shows... heck i can only watch one at a time anyway. lol
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ArchNemo
08/08/23 9:36:27 AM
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Yes, but there are worse things you can do.

Anyone who says it isn't unethical is kidding themselves.

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PraetorXyn
08/08/23 9:38:12 AM
#49:


deoxxys posted...
CR isnt free anymore, you sure you stopped that sub?
Yeah. But that was probably 6 months ago if that makes a difference.

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Dark_Arbron
08/08/23 9:38:56 AM
#50:


Tenlaar posted...
They did, they lost the revenue of somebody paying for their intellectual property.

The "download = lost sale" myth.

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