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[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 78 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Japanese publishers' idea of fighting against manga piracy: kill all legal options and launch their own website that is only available in USA (kmanga).

Gee, I wonder why that didn't work!

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You forgot to mention the absolutely idiotic way kmanga works.

[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd mention that if they allowed me to even access the front page from my country. :)

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They had some sort of point-based scheme, nuf said. It was so monumentally stupid I can't even describe it without getting upset.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

They do it to get you to buy points because they seem incapable of understanding any monetization strategy besides paying-per-chapter

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