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[–] 13 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Is there a good alternative to Crunchyroll?

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

    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.

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

    Buy the stuff you enjoy physically

    Sadly, most of this is Crunchyroll nowadays too...

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

    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.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago

    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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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    🏴‍☠️

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago
    12 comments in c/television@piefed.social view that post
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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    I had to threaten them with a lawsuit if they didn’t delete the account they made with my email that I never created.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    In my case they’ll see how often I accidentally hit the Crunchyroll button on my Bravia remote.

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    [–] 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Isn't Crunchyroll an Amazon company or they haven't made that purchase yet?

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

    Prime is already a huge venue for Anime, I don’t see why they would except to eliminate competition.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    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.

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