In today's "be sure to own actual digital or physical copies of your stuff" news, Sony claims it's offering subs "appropriate value" for deleting their digital libraries.
NEVER rely on companies to keep stuff. They do NOT care, and your stuff will be gone.
You gotta do it yourself.
Grab it and put it on your computer or a thumb drive.
Speaking as someone who's "bought" some videos on Amazon (so I know I'm included in the people I'm addressing):
If you don't have it on physical media of some sort*, then you don't own it! You are merely renting it for a while. Maybe a long while, but it will eventually come to an end.
doesn't have to be optical; files on your hard drive work fine
"You will own nothing and we will be happy". Kiss your digital library goodbye.
I'm worried about how this #funimation nightmare is going to affect #crunchyroll. I'm paying 5€ per month and I'm not a fan of a price hike, or even worse, ads in the lowest tier (which is a pretty good deal).
Once a long time ago, #Funimation was a client of @nodebb. Right from the start their migrated forum was a hit, with many users posting actively from day 1.
Alas, the good times were not to last as they migrated away from #forums (to Discord) soon afterwards.
I'm not going to posit that them migrating away from forums was a sign of their doom (what proof do I have? hah!), but it's still sad to see former clients sail off into the sunset.
#Funimation is automatically moving everyone over to #Crunchyroll, however, "Crunchyroll won’t support the digital copies redeemed through Funimation." #Anime#PhysicalMedia
Una pagina di supporto sul sito Web di Funimation afferma che il servizio trasferirà automaticamente gli abbonati esistenti a Crunchyroll, sottolineando che il trasferimento "può variare a seconda della piattaforma di pagamento specifica, del tipo di abbonamento e della regione". Ma la pagina – inutilmente – non dice quanto gli abbonati dovranno pagare dopo la transizione, solo che gli abbonati legacy vedranno un aumento di prezzo. Dovrai controllare la tua email per vedere quanto dovrai pagare.
"Sony just raised the price of anime and left American otakus with few other options. The company’s anime streamer, Funimation, is officially shutting down on April 2, according to a press release on Wednesday. Crunchyroll, Sony’s other anime service it acquired in 2021, sent an email to subscribers that prices will soon be raised from $55 a year to $100 a year."
> Crunchyroll will not support Funimation's digital copy content. Funimation provided digital copies as part of some home video DVD or Blu-ray Disc purchases.
RIP digital copies. If you want them, don’t buy digital unless you can download anything without DRM attached. Always get physical copies of what you want to own.
Wow... I knew that #Funimation and #CrunchyRoll had previously been purchased by #Sony. What I did not realize is that they also purchased #RightStuff in 2022 according to the polygon article.
They dominate #Anime streaming, own multiple large anime companies and also control one of the largest anime distributors (All in the States.)
It currently seems to be a boon for fans but I don't know that I like the direction this is headed.