lurker4649
Lurker4649
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If I felt entitled to free access, I would not spend as much money as I do on manga today. You say it yourself. "If you had no money, you just did not have access to some comics." This applies to a vast majority of foreign supporters of the industry today who would have never even come across mang…
I'm not saying that the creators owe me anything. I understand why things are the way they have been and that's why I make sure to support the industry with everything I can today. What I'm saying is that not all fans are able do the same. I'm a Japanese that used to live in Iceland, and manga isn'…
That's good to hear ('v`)
I meant they should recruit people from high quality scanlation teams so that they can make use of the scanlators' abilities legally.
Before I begin, I want to apologize for saying that the manga industry needs to get its shit together. I know there are people out there working hard to improve conditions, and I don't like to generalize. With that being said, it is possible for manga to be legally provided for free online. Examp…
While I do agree with some things you're saying here, I also wanted to ask: is the manga industry truly losing as much as you say it is? I mean if you think about it, a good chunk of these people you mention who are "fixated on free and choose not to support creators" are just that- if scanlation gr…
This thread is talking about scanlators, not manga aggregator sites. Also, my point was that it's because I was able to discover and follow manga for free that I'm able to support the industry as much as I do today.
How much do you think ads even pay? It's probably like a few cents per thousands of views. Meanwhile, it takes dozens or sometimes even hundreds of dollars monthly to run the servers of a website... and the more popular a site is, the more it costs to keep its servers running. Whatever the ads don't…