They didn’t even make an effort to get most of the shows published in the west. Publishers always have to take it out of their hands and I doubt they’ll stop doing that because someone already pirated it. But even if they did, Anime studios only have themselves to blame. There’s no piracy problem, just a consumer experience problem.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
This still reads as people feeling they have the right to these products.
Nori@ani.social 4 hours ago
If they didn’t really wanted to sell it to people pirating it then nothing was lost.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
You still don’t have the right to other people’s labor.
eli@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Some may, I do not. If I can’t watch anime then…I’ll just go and consume some other type of media. Video games, movies, tv shows, YouTube…
It’s not my problem that these studios don’t want my money. Why do I have to jump through hoops to spend money? Or there’s zero avenue to buy/stream these shows legally since they’re not available on XYZ service.
Why do these companies think they’re entitled to my money when they haven’t even tried taking it?
mo_lave@reddthat.com 22 hours ago
That may be the case. I’m more certain the companies act like they have the right to their customer’s money.