A refund should be the only option.
I’m a bit confused by the title, which says
could be good, if it works
but the second half of the article lays out how access to digital anime can disappear.
Where’s the good? The hope that good or equal value will be given? Is that still good when you lose other anime you already had?
If it ends up being good it will be good. If it ends up being bad it will be bad. Sometimes I think they just write articles for the sake of writing articles.
The purpose is not to provide value. It is to acquire clicks.
It could be good because if they actually gave their customers a refund or access elsewhere then they’ve at least made up for the closing.
Naturally, if you received something actually of equal value, it’s generally alright, in the same way that I’ll accept a FedEx van running into my mailbox if they paid me enough to replace it.
The emphasis is on “could” because they tested the claim that they’re doing the equal value thing and found they don’t seem to be. So the claim of giving something worth the digital goods you’re losing just isn’t holding up, so they’re shit.
that is why piracy is good for preservation
I just got a blue ray of samurai champloo - mostly because I’m sick of media in general cycling through multiple streaming services only to become unavailable.
The SC blue ray came with a digital copy from funimation (now crunchyroll). I saw online that it’s basically a scam that doesn’t work so to see for myself I created a paid account to hopefully get access to the digital download.
I found out it was unsupported, and at best it would only be available online and with an account - no opportunity for actual download/ownership.
So I immediately cancelled subscription and had them fully delete my account. I figured complaining about their shit policy by cancelling a paid service and fully deleting an account would hit some metrics at least.
When there’s a show/movie I really enjoy, I either buy physical, or torrent so I actually have it. Only some things on the internet are forever, and with the volume of content being created, “permanent” is now often only for a few months before it becomes nearly impossible to find again.
Weird, I have permanent access to Samurai Champloo on my Jellyfin server. I would have paid given the option, but, y’know, they wouldn’t sell this kind of service.
I mean, it could be bad as well. There isn’t even really any specific solution announced.
It could be “we will send you a Blu-ray copy of your media” to “You’ll receive a gift card for 3 months to our subscription service”.
Time to sail the high seas.
consumers: “i am literally trying to give you my money”
corpo execs: “why is piracy on the rise?”
Buy physical. Because you have a physical backup, you can watch it without Internet, and they can’t change the media. Like removing scenes or episodes.
Or, rather, buy/download DRMless. You get all the convenience, none of the bullshit like unskippable ads or warnings every time you spin it up. I get it if people just like the sensation/scarcity of DVDs, but don’t see it as optimal ownership.
And physical can also have DRM, y’know.
