It was inevitable when they shut down the forums. They can’t be bothered with moderating user interactions.
It’s surprising YouTube still has them given how notoriously bad they are.
This is a shame… Reading the comments after I watched an episode was part of the experience for me.
“This show is hot garbage. See you all here next week!”
Same for me on allanime.to.
And they wonder why anime is pirated so much. Even the shittiest pirate site is a better experience to use than anything paid.
Indeed. Because of this change, I already cancelled the auto renew of my subscription and I started looking back at the high seas.
Are the comments really that important? The only time I ever went in them was recently to report the trolls wishing people HIV in the twilight out of focus comments
Comments were more of a bonus that I enjoyed looking at after I watched an episode. You could sometimes find some very interesting comments.
However, what they also removed is reviews. And I used that to choose what animes I was going to add to my watchlist. Without that, the website is pretty much useless, I rather watch them elsewhere if I have to use another website anyway to get the reviews.
Arrgh. To the high seas with you!
A reminder that the high seas are always there
And are better than Crunchyroll has ever been, if we’re being real.
Absolutely.
There were comments?
On the desktop version. Never saw on mobile.
They’re also very much present on the app
I’m sure they did this to avoid criticism and to also stop users from telling others about “unofficial” watching sites in the comments (“harmful” content)
reminds me to EGS that does not want to be critized
No interact! Only consume!
So piracy?
Exactly!
Hey I’m not going to tell you not to.
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This is like your favorite bar removing all seating and converting itself into a vending machine with “NO LOITERING” signs plastered everywhere.
Edit: I cancelled my 7.99 USD/month subscription. It’s not a big signal, but it’s the only one I have that matters to SONY, the near-monopoly that owns the concern. Half the enjoyment I got was in seeing the immediate reactions of others to an episode. Now, without comments or reviews, I can’t even pretend that I’m not watching these shows alone. What’s the point of enjoying a show if you can’t talk about it with others?
It keeps surprising me how the people managing all these streaming services fail to understand the basic fact that their business model is “Be slightly better than piracy”
