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You know what doesn‘t disclose your viewing habits with third parties because it doesn‘t even require you to have an account to watch streams? Aye.
Of course, I don't think it should be PII, but Crunchyroll should be forced to show viewing habits in aggregate, just like the TV networks.
Netflix, Amazon, and the rest advertise "#1 show" or "trending show" on their own apps, and we're just expected to fucking believe them, or not notice details like the numbers only pertain to the first episode, etc.
I had to threaten them with a lawsuit if they didn’t delete the account they made with my email that I never created.
In my case they’ll see how often I accidentally hit the Crunchyroll button on my Bravia remote.
Relates to this law at least in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act
Isn't Crunchyroll an Amazon company or they haven't made that purchase yet?
Prime is already a huge venue for Anime, I don’t see why they would except to eliminate competition.
There was an article some time ago about how Amazon felt emboldened by the recent success of shows like Fallout and would like to delve further into the weeb domain, with Crunchyroll being a target for possible acquisition. Might have been an opinion piece, didn't check.
You answered it yourself. When hasn't Amazon tried to eliminate competition?
Is there a good alternative to Crunchyroll?
since they started out as a pirate website, I'd recommend torrenting
Other than piracy, not anymore.
Buy the stuff you enjoy physically. It will infinitely financially support then more than streaming.
To find the stuff you wish to pay for you pirate.
Buy the stuff you enjoy physically
Sadly, most of this is Crunchyroll nowadays too...
I know :( stil I try my best. I pirate frieren season 2 right now but I have season 1 on BluRay and intend to buy season 2 aswell once it starts printing.
nyaa or fansub sites if any still exist
YouTube algo has been delivering some golden classic anime lately.
There's just 6 different channels(i think). Explore their videos. Lots more content.
Sadly not. The ones that used to exist, merged with Crunchyroll (RIP Wakanim). HIDIVE exists if you're in NA, but their library is not as big. But alternatives don't matter if most anime are exclusives anyway.
Let this be a lesson to always pirate, even before the streaming services enshittify. You're only hurting yourself if you don't.
Support the original studios by purchasing merch, not the media conglomerates.
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