The “Netflix of anime” piracy site abruptly shuts down, shocking users
Animeflix shutters amid intensifying global crackdown on anime piracy.
shocking users
Are they shocked though? It's getting common for piracy sites to disappear or move to different domains, there are always alternatives
No but Millenial journalism needs their shiti headline writing convention...
Say Thank you they didn't "slam" something
One head gets chopped off, two new ones spawn.
It's always an issue of service. Make it more available. Adjust the price. Increase content availability. It's not a rocket science problem, it's just a problem of corporate greed, and law abuse
Yup Gaben called it, just look at Steam.
One head gets chopped off, two new ones spawn.
HAIL HYDRA
HEIRU HAIDURA!
It was a sad period to see one thing that worked so great fragment like this
But that doesn’t please the shareholders or appease the apparently ever more concerning necessity for infinitely growing profits.
You are welcome
I thought they were talking about nyaa.si for a second but thankfully not.
50's gangster nyan cat.
As they continue to make life harder for paying customers more people will stop paying
I don’t disagree, but these weren’t paying customers
I always use these two too lol.
Although aniwave uses the same media uploaded to anix.to
Meanwhile, I just search "watch anime online" on ddg or yandex and check around, while ublock origins does its job and ensures I don't get harassed by ads and shit clickjack javascript (the ones where clicking anywhere opens the ad). A good pirate never makes a single port his home
EDIT: Ok, something that really caught my attention in the article: In April, (...) Japanese authorities arrested and prosecuted China-based owners of "one of the biggest illegal anime websites," B9GOOD. - Now THAT is unexpected. China complying with Japanese copyright for a change?
You can always find a replacement at theindex.moe
I've been using the same anime/manga torrenting site since the mid 2000s and I can't believe it's still up. Gonna be a sad day when it finally closes down.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Thousands of anime fans were shocked Thursday when the popular piracy site Animeflix voluntarily shut down without explaining why, TorrentFreak reported.
"It is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure of Animeflix," the site's operators told users in a Discord with 35,000 members.
Although Animeflix operators did not connect the dots for users, TorrentFreak suggested that the piracy site chose to shut down after facing "considerable legal pressure in recent months."
Then in mid-May, rightsholders—including Netflix, Disney, Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros.—won an injunction through the High Court of India against several piracy sites, including Animeflix.
On Reddit, some fans also complained after relying exclusively on Animeflix to keep track of where they left off on anime shows that often span hundreds of episodes.
“We hope the joy and excitement of anime continue to brighten your days through other wonderful platforms," Animeflix's Discord message said.
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Fuck. I thought they meant kimcartoon. Phew, carry on, carry on.
Hanime.tv is next.
edit I get it, this doesn't replace a p2p site. I was just watching Frieren via piratebay and thought it was so awesome that I wanted that the makers of it get some money from me watching it so I switched to crunchyroll.
I used it for a while, until they put some old shows (1990 era) I was in the middle of watching behind a paywall.
I get it for new shows, but I was happily watching old stuff with ads blocked by ad-block. Theres probably a reason for the change, but I can't guess why. /s
They were also down every other week, so I wasn't going to pay for something I could only use 75% of the time.
Mehh their web player was pretty awful back when I used it and wasn't worth the subscription.
Good. Even one less person watching anime is a win for humanity
You sound like you're great at parties
Yea cause I don't smell like anime fans
I don't watch anime, but let everyone watch what they want. Even if they like to watch the "most degenerate" versions of Hentai. I don't fucking care.
It bleeds into other media
While you hate anime for no reason whatsoever, I hate you for hating something for no reason whatsoever. My hate still makes more sense.
I don’t know if you meant this as a joke but it’s legitimately funny.
I watch anime btw.