The original post: /r/piracy by /u/voe111 on 2024-12-04 22:57:04.

Sorry for the effortpost but like a lot of other people I’m pretty annoyed.

There are so many anime and manga that I got into because of … reasons.

Whatever they may or may not have lost in advertising they made 10x on from merch I bought.

I cancelled nintendo purchases over their war on yuzu and refunded steam purchases for certain long running franchises I’ve been a fan of.

The playartskai figure purchase I cancelled was worth more than 2 years of crunchyroll subscription.

From now on if I’m getting anime merch I’m going to make damn sure they’re from independent artists who won’t send a cent to the parent company.

Hopefully they lose more in merch/art sales than they make in subscriptions.

Sorry for the cringe.