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[–] [S] 4 points 8 months ago (9 children)

He used to work for Crunchyroll. I've no doubt he's seen it happen firsthand.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    He probably has, back in the days when Crunchyroll was worth its price. It's 2026, though. There are many reasons we stopped using it.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    We're outliers though. Less than 10% of anime viewers are gonna have opinions on how Crunchyroll is managed. They just watch whatever the latest hype thing is.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Less than 10% of anime viewers have an opinion on ever-encroaching ads, limited selection and AI subs? Are you sure about that? We're anime nerds. We have a LOT of opinions.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

    That's the thing, most anime viewers aren't anime nerds. They just watch Solo Leveling or Frieren or whatever the latest, most hype things is and call it a day. That's why a show whose main character barely has a personality took "Best Character" in the Crunchyroll Awards last year, even against what should've been stiff competition. A significant number of viewers didn't watch any of the shows with good characters. Just Solo Leveling and maybe some isekai slop.

    Anecdotally, none of the people I know IRL care about any of this stuff apart from my wife.

    https://xkcd.com/2501/

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    If they're just watching a single show would they really pay for a service? Can't speak for where you live but I'm fairly certain that where I live no one would do that.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    It depends. Netflix makes the math a little weird there since there are definitely people watching just one or two anime on Netflix, but then also using it to watch live-action stuff.

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