This Whole Situation Makes Me Mad...

Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we take a look at the crunchyroll merger and how it's caused an entire userbase to lose access to the purchases they've paid for, without any good reason. Thanks for watching!
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[@SomeOrdinaryGamers]

Check out the newest podcast episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp7Vc42aaJV9oc0

[@Fungfetti]

Me too (i have not watched the video)

[@Cumbustor]

Edging

[@frostysDaMan]

Amazing thumbnail, Muta.

[@subscr1be]

That's a 5humnail

[@MysticLGD]

Ye

[@laserpandatanda]

That thumbnail is wild

[@johndee2990]

Channelling Ace Ventura

[@Xexixx2]

This thumbnail got me good XD

[@CiphersVII]

first charlie and now muta lmfao

[@BRIANNA_00]

​@@CiphersVII Charlie did it too? Tf is going on?

[@Leo-fu6yn]

Made me end up in bussital

[@toufusoup]

Muta really went “here’s what Crunchyroll’s basically doing” in the thumbnail

[@NetBattler]

They let us edging?

[@unlimitedin]

9:57

[@DylWelcomeBot]

​@@unlimitedin blessings to you saint.

[@SMCwasTaken]

Mutahar Gyat

[@SuperBeautifulNoise]

Dude's talking out of his ass!

[@tomasz9429]

In the age of "you will own nothing and you'll be happy" piracy is no longer theft. I'm a bit older than Muta here, so I went through all the phases of moral ambiguity of piracy already. The times we live in now are nothing like what it was even ten years ago.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Yup, agreed entirely.

[@newsciencestuff5540]

people should read about Yuri Bezmenov

[@tomasz9429]

@@newsciencestuff5540but Bezmenov is not a waifu from the new FOTM anime, so who cares. Just consoom.

[@gabrisgamer450]

On an unrelated note 10 years ago was 2014 it’s wild how time flies

[@Someone-sc2hk]

but there was never a time where digital copies were owned?

[@cookie-sama5652]

"You wouldn't download a ________" Me with a 3D printer: Wouldn't I though?

[@RedRingOfDead]

I definitely would 100%

[@rebelks88]

You would but do the material costs really differ from the items?

[@IOverlord]

​@@rebelks88It's about sending a message at this point

[@chainchompDX]

Would. Would totally.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

​@@rebelks88 3d printer material isn't that expensive. You're paying with your time and effort, because only the simplest trinkets come out of the printer ready to use.

[@ev07272]

Crunchyroll literally used to be a piracy/ illegal anime site and now they doing this is so ironic 😭

[@NetBattler]

They were replaced by the suits

[@TheBatman39]

Welcome to capitalism

[@railgun9992]

Same as fakku does

[@mechboltxl4591]

At least I get to watch my favorite anime in Tamil

[@Colink02]

sounds similar to spotify, interesting how its OK for companies to do it until they get licenses but not ok for everyone else

[@indefiniteartblock434]

This is also a huge problem with college courses. I personally want to keep my digital textbooks accessible even after the class is done (I still have some from 10+ years) but the courses bought through Pearson and other sites "expire" so you're left with nothing. Whole $120 digital textbooks gone. That's why I save as many powerpoints and recorded lectures as I can for reference. Even some professors tell us to email them to ask for the powerpoints because they know it just disappears. If I'm paying $120 for a digital textbook, and tution on top of that, I should be entitled to own the digital book for as long as I want.

[@monkeytimesmagazine3725]

US copyright and consumer protection laws need revamping badly

[@atoagej]

US needs revamping as a whole, as long as the current system exists stuff like this will happen no matter how many regulations are set in place

[@jessegar94]

I agree 100%

[@ThePopo543]

​@@atoagejthe whole world needs a factory reset at this point

[@aarons6935]

@@ThePopo543 Mainly the western world.

[@hugeaxel1907]

If I can't own it, It's not stealing it

[@PlayerOne.StartGame]

Funimation: "Prepare for trouble!" Crunchyroll: "And make it double!"

[@robertharris3261]

funimation: "to cause the anime world devastation"

[@anonisnoone6125]

It's honestly just sad. And the fact that pirate sites r better anyway shows how pathetic CR is.

[@markm0000]

Sony: “Surrender now or prepare to fight!”

[@andrewraby8008]

I've been watching one piece on Funimation since September and just switched after getting that announcement. It's dumb

[@meruthesuccubus3416]

isn't FUNimation shutting down?

[@4RILDIGITAL]

Digital ownership is truly a huge issue. The part you explained about purchasing both digital and physical versions hits the nail on the head. There must be more transparency with digital purchases!

[@JokerDoom]

If you can’t own a game, then the harshest crime piracy can really be is trespassing.

[@xhbn2157]

Piracy is a moral obligation. If you’re a good and decent person, you participate and seed.

[@Whhaaaattt]

@@xhbn2157 Not all heroes wear capes. Some seed 24/7.

[@kylemorgan505]

@@xhbn2157 yar har matey

[@SgtRamen69]

Honestly, if you paid for the game, software, etc. and no longer have access to it then you should have the right to obtain another copy of it through other means. I even think you should be allowed to pirate it if there's no option to buy it, since it's not like it'd hurt their sales anyway.

[@denis2381]

​@@SgtRamen69is muta muslim? He says haram

[@Sunnysideanyway]

If buying isn't owning, pirating isn't stealing.

[@ambiarock590]

Companies revoke your access to content, even content that you PURCHASED; and they still wonder why piracy is on the rise again.

[@17pdietcoke59]

Illegally borrowing

[@500dollarjapanesetoaster8]

At this point they're basically saying it's a glorified rental for an unspecified length of time. At this point I feel like I'm listening to Darth Vader: "I Am Altering the Deal, Pray I Don't Alter It Any Further." I've decided that I will buy physical media or actual print books. Don't get me started on Kindle (or other eBooks) being edited or removed without your knowledge or consent.

[@kingkaimon]

Its funny how easy it is to just pirate something and then streaming services pull things like that

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

​@@500dollarjapanesetoaster8Except they didn't alter the deal. People were warned, they ignored those warnings and went all digital anyway.

[@JaylanxYT]

Remember the good old days when you could go to a store, buy a game, put the cartridge/disc in your system and immediately PLAY the video game you spent full price for? No copying files, updates, internet required AT ALL and no worries that the servers will be shut down or you might lose access to your account?

[@podled942]

to be fair and taking those rose-tinted nostalgia glasses for a bit, games' overall quality have improved (there are still a decent amount of bad ones out there.) I would prefer the best of both time periods though.

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

​@@podled942...Improved...? Improved... TODAY?! Yeah, take those purple tinted glasses off mate. Modern games suck ass.

[@JaylanxYT]

@@podled942 My biggest problem with games nowadays is that a lot of them are basically unplayable unless you download a big update patch, making the disc pretty much useless on its own. It encourages game devs to release crappy versions of the game and think “oh we’ll just fix it later over the course of a few months or years, or not even bother” Tony hawk pro skater 5 will always be at the back of my mind, its a SINGLE PLAYER game and for whatever reason has to be connected to an online server which got shut down just a couple years after it came out, so the only way to play it is by using the disc, and making sure the internet on your system is turned off and its on version 1.0. If you forget and turn the internet back on, it’ll try connecting to a server that doesn’t exist and keep crashing, the only solution is to uninstall and restart the game from the beginning. They could’ve easily updated the game and make it offline only and fix a bunch of bugs, but they were too lazy and totally abandoned the game. Also since we already have digital only versions of consoles, I have a feeling in about 10 years or so we won’t even have physical copies of games anymore, everything will become digital only. And at that point you will own NOTHING, all of your games will exist on a server somewhere that will eventually get shut down forever

[@scyris99]

@@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475 I mean its proven or at least backed up by the fact that so many companies do remasters of 10+ year old games and they sell, yet there newer stuff basically is a failure that falls on its face. a lot of AAA devs were crying about palworlds success, as their games sell like crap, yet palworld sold 13+ million copies on steam within the first 8 days. It goes to show that if you make a good game it'll sell like crazy, but all these AAA devs only seem to care about making it pretty thats it. A pretty game that is crap is still crap its just crap with glitter on it, sadly modern "gamers" fall for this hook line and sinker and thats why they keep pushing out these garbage games that just look pretty.

[@mariakerberus1017]

This is a criminally underrated comment. I've tried explaining this to kids in my family who are 16 and younger, and they look so mind blown when I describe how easy it was to use and/or fix a PlayStation 1 or an old Nintendo. Old games still have massive appeal from old and young alike, but like the fellow above me said, all of these new games from the AAA game developers are disappointment after disappointment, if you can even get them to work in the first place.

[@AVeryUncreativeUsername]

These companies always complain about piracy, and then they fail to realize that taking away the digital content that you paid for will only encourage more piracy.

[@tommyfanzfloppydisk]

they don't complain about piracy, they complain about the money they're not siphoning out of your pockets due piracy.

[@tin2001]

​@@tommyfanzfloppydisk And they now believe they're entitled to open your wallet every month whether you use their stuff or not (and I mean at all - Disney once proposed a literal tax on internet to pay them for losses due to piracy).

[@AVeryUncreativeUsername]

@@tin2001 A tax for the internet? When did this happen?

[@STCatchMeTRACjRo]

@@tin2001 to be fair they are losing 20-97 billion $ annually the industry to so called piracy, but who knows if they not just lying about it.

[@SaltyAsTheSea]

Aren't they being like pirates, saying u can keep forever but won't carry over to the merge... they stole people's money. They are pirates.

[@jnickbrown1997]

You can't just flash the dumpy like that man

[@gyrthez246]

11:00 I want to say that it is actually possible to take companies to court and win even with agreeing to a TOS agreement to terminate your right to arbitrate. This is what happened with a class action lawsuit with Roblox that occurred in the US. A young girl spent money on robux to buy certain avatar items, that roblox allowed to be uploaded and sold by other users, only to later then take those items down without issuing any sort of compensation or refund. Roblox tried to rely on their TOS where the user agrees to everything and the judge went "nope, it's a 9 year old girl, she wouldn't have understood your terms of service, therefore the agreement doesn't apply" leading to Roblox's legal team shitting themselves and trying to settle desperately. So I'd assume in this case that a similar class action could also be filed against Funimation/Crunchyroll if they do not give these users the copies that they paid for, especially after having claimed it's a copy to be kept forever on one of their FAQ pages.

[@Dimitrys_af]

Agreed

[@arcioko2142]

based judge

[@charliec.3518]

yeah key part of this is her being 9 years old, if you are not a small child that same judge would more than likely laugh at you and side with the company, because you are expected to know what you’re agreeing to when you’re an adult

[@adrianocs4]

​@@charliec.3518 In a civilized country unlike USA, if a tos is against the law it is invalid, so you can ask a full refund in court if when they start to remove things that you bought. The problem is that no one is willing to go to court for a $10 purchase.

[@gyrthez246]

@@charliec.3518 The part that I was getting at here was that with funimation being as notable in that space as it was, do you seriously want to bet that there was no minor that bought content? My bet is there being at the very least a few minors that bought content from them. In Roblox's case it literally took just that 9 year old and the judge determining that she could not have understood that it legally twisted the company's arm to the point where they had to reach out and offer compensation to every single affected user individually that used their service irrespective of whether they were actually included in the class action, of their age, etc. So what I'm getting at is if somebody based in the US for example who is a minor brought a class action suit, it could very well be equally as fruitful potentially even for people not included in the suit. I think it's an interesting thought, I can't determine the likeliness that it will be a reality but if it were to be the reality even a small bit of compensation is ultimately much better than the current reality of no compensation and losing what you paid for.

[@spectralsaint]

Piracy is preservation in most cases. There are games on the wii, 3ds, wii u, etc, eshops that you legally cannot obtain anymore. If not for piracy they would be dead media. If buying isnt owning, piracy isnt stealing

[@popifrex1993]

Not to mention the scalping on used copies of games for those consoles. Fucking mario party 8 at 100€ bruh

[@cjsociwll_3387]

so what would be a case that piracy is wrong, especially if i play on PC. i did see the video don’t get me wrong

[@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety]

But most of the time it's SHIT media! Nobody misses Color a Dinosaur on the NES or Fisher Price's "I can remember!", Mario's Fun With Numbers!

[@spectralsaint]

@@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety shovelware/abandonware still has value and should be preserved. If we didn't do that we wouldn't have Joel's Bonzi Buddy Windows Destruction, etc etc. a lot of my favorite media is extremely niche shit that most ppl don't like or actively question my taste for, if not for emulation a lot of it would be lost to time/cartridge decay/scalping inaccessibility. It's not just about what you value as "having worth" it's about the principle. (That and with backwards compatibility being less and less of a thing unless ppl actively are porting games to next gen then it will die. There is no if, there is only When.)

[@Eniggma39]

@@RozzWilliamsScholarsSociety it's history and to some people, those games might have value due to personal reasons.

[@Soggy_Breadsticks]

Thanks for the edging material muta

[@thebakedchef]

You need help mate, nothing to be ashamed of but it is how it is

[@TwinkleNZ]

This sumthin wild 💀💀💀

[@vxxiii4160]

SEEK GOD

[@Chonkems]

cray cray in a bad way

[@CinnabarCereal]

You're not just "built different," you are built incorrectly

[@gentle_rodent]

I never clicked so quickly on a video. That thumbnail is amazing. For those who need the timestamp : 9:57

[@MoonMinHo]

The thumbnail might be one of mutahar’s finest moments ever captured on an image

[@MrRetroNerd]

pulling an ace ventura pet detective

[@kjmz1339]

*takes a screenshot.

[@trillsaber8879]

Wouldve been more hilarious if he stretched the thumbnail image

[@HUYI1]

😂😂😂😂

[@ManiacX1999]

Digital was supposed to be the solution to if you can't find the physical copy. The two should go hand in hand, they aren't substitutes for each other

[@eric1911a1]

For real, i personally have believed digital should be complementary to physical media, but when it's getting to the point where even physical media is basically just a "key" to play the game and there's no real game data on the physical media, what's the point of having it?

[@HandmadeDarcy]

@@doeterniettoe4395 No need to get so angry because you don't understand that there's a difference between invention and commercial adoption. OP is right about was why it was developed while you are right about why it was adopted commercially - the commercially-minded rarely have the creativity to be the inventor of what they sell.

[@HandmadeDarcy]

@@doeterniettoe4395 No need to get so angry because you don't understand that there's a difference between invention and commercial adoption. OP is right about was why it was developed while you are right about why it was adopted commercially - the commercially-minded rarely have the creativity to be the inventor of what they sell.

[@vortolex]

My rules will and always will be don’t rely on anything that may take it away. I rather make my own or find a way to own it by any means possible and keep it in my personal digital library space (nothing of servers) memory. The things I can control. Not the other way around.

[@NetBattler]

@@doeterniettoe4395 keep coping

[@Stickman_Denly]

Didn't think I'd be getting an Ace Ventura reference in a Muta video today

[@stixkydev]

truly one of the thumbnails of all time

[@cjsociwll_3387]

truly

[@SIackware]

truly

[@blackrose7255]

truly

[@urdadsfavtwink]

truly

[@NetBattler]

Truly a moment

[@barsona]

I recently lost my digital manga collection through Yahoo JP, due to "inactivity of the user account." I find that sorta scummy and totally undermines the reason why I didn't want to own a physical copy.

[@snowghoul3813]

rip mangos...

[@clipper1083]

Thats insane, RIP my friend I hope you sailed the 7 seas and reacquired the Manga you lost.

[@denis2381]

Nothing of value is lost

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

​​@@snowghoul3813 hmmm ripe mangos 🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@snowghoul3813]

@@denis2381 is your icon a bush?

[@ragnar_1.618]

Artistic thumbnail you have there sir

[@OfficialDJSoru]

The line he uses at the moment the thumbnail is also a work of art to complement it: "THEY'RE STICKING IT IN THIIIIIIIIIISSSS!"

[@Bendilin]

IF PAYING FOR THE CONTENT DOESN'T MEAN I OWN IT, THEN PIRATING THE CONTENT DOESN'T MEAN I STOLE IT. PERIOD.

[@NetBattler]

You technically own it if you screen record 😂

[@ST-RTheProtogen]

Based.

[@Bru21424]

To steal something you have to take the property away from the owner for it to work unless we talking about idea theft

[@montyturner6511]

Yep.

[@MitzyPep]

Well, not quite. If you pay to merely get access to content, then accessing that content without paying for it through piracy is still illegal and technically wrong. I agree with the morals, but it doesn’t work out legally.

[@konstak05]

Muta showing a bakery isn't something I expect to see at 2 am in the morning ngl

[@aliyaperetch8016]

1:54 4 me

[@BrandonDenny-we1rw]

Are you guys high? It is clearly 4:55!pm only my time zone exists

[@unlimitedin]

9:57

[@NetBattler]

Bro it's 8 am in my place...

[@angrytoastcrunch]

6:04

[@IveSeenTheEnd]

Lol Muta tryin to show us his "CRUNCHYROLL" 😂

[@DustyScreensaver]

"Get comfortable not owning anything." wow, that domino is heavy.

[@mjc0961]

"Get comfortable not owning anything" Hope companies get comfortable with me not buying anything then 😃

[@bradleyjenkins2271]

@@mjc0961even if YOU do It won’t matter, a big majority don’t give a f about preserving games, therefore will buy it anyway

[@vortolex]

Enough to order a domino’s pizza 🍕🗿

[@daeryk6424]

That domino will lean in my favor then.

[@kanaria-cu3uv]

I don't know if the thumbnail was auto generated or not, but it is perfection.

[@ThatGuy-en2nn]

It wasn't unfortunately. Homie really spread his cheeks on camera to make a point.

[@kanaria-cu3uv]

@@ThatGuy-en2nn I don't think you understand how thumbnail auto generation works.

[@ThatGuy-en2nn]

@@kanaria-cu3uv I don't think I asked.

[@kanaria-cu3uv]

@@ThatGuy-en2nn I don't think I asked either. funny thing that.

[@ThatGuy-en2nn]

@@kanaria-cu3uv No, what would be funny is if you the capability to think of a come back outside of using what I said. Sadly that's not you.

[@matigamer329]

Piracy is really common here in latin america due to obvious reasons.

[@sac7404]

I grew up with GTA Dragon Bol sita

[@NetBattler]

Same here in Malaysia 😂

[@stanimirnikolov159]

Same with Eastern Europe. Years ago they tried to legislate ACTA(some bulls hot copyright laws) and people actually went to the streets en mass to protest and it worked

[@vortolex]

Agree I did a lot of piracy back then when I was a teen enjoying all wonders of gaming, movies, songs, books 📚 you name it. It was a blast. “F” copyrights it has been proven by history itself not proving non or any protection at all from those laws by common people only and always be for the ruling and wealthy class.

[@Ilive_420]

​@@stanimirnikolov159 Eastern Europe stronk when together it seems

[@jaguarj1942]

There are some laws that could prevent this. Precedent exists where if you give someone a ‘lifetime subscription/membership’ if that company gets bought out, they have to honour the former company’s agreement. Also TOS doesn’t mean shit when it comes to customer protection lawsuits. It’s like how even if you sign a waiver for a dangerous activity like skydiving, the service provider can still be sued for negligence. If any agreement in the US is too one sided or unclear, a court can easily void it. If they sell you a copy and you pay money, get a receipt and they literally say you own it forever, no amount of TOS can take that away. The only thing we can hope for is that someone files a class action lawsuit and doesn’t settle so a real precedent to prevent this is made.

[@lordmegawin1.5superultrame85]

Piracy is not only ethical but a lot of the time a superior service

[@acutelilmint8035]

It’s like putting everything in one place is just convinient

[@sonicleftus9913]

I opened my subscriptions and what do i see first-hand, incredible thumbnail

[@TimPortantno]

If something digital isn't sold anywhere, how can they sue for damages?

[@daniellundberg2875]

It was never damages, it's always been an extortion racket.

[@goldswaggamer4007]

This whole digital thing is getting extremely out of hand. If you can't actually own anything, expect ThePiratesBay to gain a few new crew members

[@Hokaru11792]

Honestly you're right. If I could digitally purchase something and have direct, offline access to it then that's fine. I think most people would definitely agree with you. It's when I "purchase" something that I can never download or use offline and have to jump through hoops just to access the content THAT I PAID FOR. It's a fat load of hot garbage.@@GH0STST4RSCR34M

[@MasterGordon5115]

@@GH0STST4RSCR34M Okay I need this translated in Fortnite terms please

[@SnazzyButterfly]

My husband and I recently got into buying physical copies of things again. Old games and replacing DVDs with Blu-ray’s. It was the best decision we ever made.

[@leonel5694]

This man really goatsied

[@ozenthelewdable5427]

We all did, every corporation especially Crunchyroll has literally "Goatsied" our finances.

[@gxslic3]

I fucking knew someone was gonna say this

[@ThePopo543]

​@@ozenthelewdable5427speak for yerself, matey.

[@ziggyjuarez8544]

You're 42

[@jacpas2012]

Muta performing goatse on the thumbnail was a surprise.

[@ctg4818]

When you're just scrolling and see Muta spreading cheeks lol

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

Scratchy Scratchy

[@8bitsniper568]

This is why I've started screen-recording shows like a modern way of making my own bootleg VHS tapes

[@dapperpea9006]

I was gonna say, we need a way to use the analog hole but still keep that hi-def. Still only works for noninteractive stuff, but better than nothing. And if you use it for digital copies you paid for, I wouldn't even consider it pirating, just modifying what you own to suit your needs.

[@leonhart7306]

0:22 "You wouldn't download a car, would you?" Actually, if someone sold me a broken car, and they had no way of stopping me, I'd 1000% download my next 2 cars from them. On an unrelated note, I preordered Watch Dogs back in the day on the basis of deceptive marketing. All I'll say on that is Ubisoft never sold me another preorder, and the next several of their release that I played were discounted. Steeply. It was almost like they were giving them away.

[@catalan500_8]

Yeah he’s really underestimating how fucking poor I am lmao

[@ShinyMew151]

How's the Ubisoft avatar game? I really enjoyed the movies and the game really interest me.

[@NoHands46]

​@@ShinyMew151 From what I've heard, it's just a far cry game set on Pandora

[@leonhart7306]

@@ShinyMew151 Haven't played that one, I've kinda moved away from Ubisoft games in more recent years. I think the last one I played was AC Valhalla.

[@Stefantius]

didn't that like just come out a few months ago? why after his story would you think hes played it? ​@ShinyMew151

[@VonTried]

"The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It's by giving those people a service that's better than what they're receiving from the pirates." "One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It's a service issue." - Gabe Newell, a man we could trust instead of pirates

[@Icegrip12]

Mutuhar givin himself a colonoscopy in the thumbnail is the last thing I thought I’d see this year 🤣

[@RedMageRoxy]

stuff like this is why I always buy physical media! Also it allows you to share with a friend, or even resell it if you decide you don't want it anymore. Also as a physical object there's history to it and it can be archived, you can also create a digital copy if folks know how to rip it correctly so it won't disappear forever and it can be preserved in a way that isn't contingent on a company allowing you access to it. These companies can just disappear or change your access like Crunchyroll is doing and not be held accountable. digital "ownership" is such a scam. It's depressing

[@SolidLoach]

If you loved Ghost in the Shell, you'd really love other shows like Psycho Pass, Lain, Ergo Proxy, Berserk, Monster, Pluto, Sonny Boy, Samurai Champloo, Mushi-shi, Vinland Saga, Dororo, Black Lagoon, Angel's Egg, To Your Eternity, Tower of God and Made in Abyss are all GOD TIER level shows that are all worth a watch!

[@isametron]

Thx for recommendations 🙂 I completely epoxy proxy and twas really good

[@vortolex]

I need to rewatch ergo proxy. I must understand again the beauty of art and of course the story and all it has to offer. A gorgeous classic ;3

[@daxsinger6877]

A few years ago people made fun of me for going out of my way for physical copies of things, I am so happy for my decisions now

[@valthenvega2434]

It should be said that plenty of things should be digitalized in order to have more space at home. It should be said, however, that plenty more physical media allows you to calmly watch something you bought eight years ago many times instead of having to pay full just for watching it once legally in ANOTHER streaming service

[@Forysan]

Even on that front, there is a lot of CR licensed titles available for streaming that are *not* on physical media, mainly because that isn't their central focus. Aaand it gets worse as I wrote in a previous comment: Crunchy also bought out the largest physical media outlets online, RightStuf aka Nozomi Entertainment. The way things are going, mainly the aforementioned focus on streaming, they could totally shut that down as well.

[@jeromekeh]

@@valthenvega2434 agree, from the day I was born till the day I die I will still go for physical since you have proof that you bought SOMETHING rather than just digital receipts of the product.

[@daniellundberg2875]

Just pirate

[@AlbedoAtoned]

The thing is though, this isn't a physical vs digital issue, just like it never was for other entertainment mediums. An MKV file can be copied and played on pretty much any device. You won't even have to go through the hassle to do so either, unlike a bluray which can only be played in a bluray player, and needs to be ripped with software if you want to play the files on other devices. @daniellundberg2875 is right that piracy is still the better option. It's more reliable than both physical and streaming, and far more flexible. If the industry wants to fix the issue, the first step would be to properly ensure that content is properly available across all regions without BS like removing content people paid for. Unfortunately, it can't be trusted to not actively steal from consumers, so consumers should not feel sorry for the industry when people pirate. Physical media isn't the end all be all solution either. Many shows do not have proper physical releases and often only available from other countries. In general, physical loses out to even streaming in the anime industry due to the sheer amount of content available on streaming services that would cost an astronomical amount to buy if bought physically. Each quarter of the year brings several dozens of shows, and imagine you wanted to check out each one. Streaming services and piracy would allow you to watch each of them to get a feel for the quality of the show, whereas buying physical would get expensive quick and likely cost more than a CR sub. So basically, if a service has a problem, people will look for alternatives that are at least as good for them if not better. Physical doesn't meet that standard because the one thing it has over a streaming service is also an attribute shared by piracy, while everything else about it is the same or worse than the streaming service.

[@C_Corpze]

> "You get to keep your copy forever." > They can also take it away without telling you AND you'll lose it after they merge. Hmm, yeah, sounds like something corporations would do.

[@bin_go4231]

Yeah this makes me mad too. Like when random songs are pulled from Spotify without you even realising it's vanished from your playlists.

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

Muta watching Serial Experiments Lain is giving me potent elation. Goated Anime. Also yes Danganronpa Anime is a bit rough, lol

[@NetBattler]

He needs to watch Megaman NT warrior

[@KusanagiZX]

​@@NetBattlerWould be really cool if he actually did. Him watching Serial Experiments Lain is already awesome.

[@NetBattler]

​@@KusanagiZXsomeone needs to highlight this show so he can watch it.

[@NetBattler]

​@@KusanagiZXsomeone needs to highlight this show

[@NetBattler]

​@@KusanagiZXgod I wish he would watch it even if it takes so long...

[@cskelton]

That thumbnail is what brought me here tbh

[@tking2199]

You know what I do own? That DAMN THUMBNAIL? AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME.

[@Vaivai371]

We have come full circle. Access to anime in the west was born through piracy and a whole community was born specifically for fan-translating and distributing anime (through piracy). Crunchyroll was built from that exact very community. Now, we may see weebs returning to their roots

[@dillydraws]

Never stopped. I support series I like by buying merch stuff like pins and stickers.

[@CapucineNighly]

I support my fav series by buying the blu-ray and buying merch(officallu from Japan not from the middlemen). Where literally the anime and manga market survives on. Supportin the middleman like Crunchyroll and funi, isn't helping the creator or the animators. People in yhe west needs to know that more.

[@ElJosher]

Anime and manga piracy is the sole reason they are so popular outside of japan. It has certainly benefited the industry a lot more than these official middlemen. Piracy is the reason poorer countries can become fans of franchises such as mario, zelda, pokemon, one piece, naruto, etc, and eventually buy official merch. Even if it is just a simple shirt.

[@NetBattler]

I support series I like by buying merch,video games, stickers and etc.

[@franciscolaurean8550]

Muta gives a glimpse of the content we can expect to see in his OF

[@KaiBue]

This is a big problem with all live service games. Even if you own a physical copy, you are still doomed if they shut down the servers, and you can’t even play offline. That’s why I’m refunding Helldivers 2 smh

[@GoatzombieBubba]

If buying a game is not the same as owning it then Piracy is not stealing.

[@Jaiden1028]

Insane thumbnail

[@redwarrior4226]

Your pfp is how everyone reacted to the thumbnail

[@NetBattler]

​@@redwarrior4226😳

[@bonbob9512]

😳

[@kaworuscott]

Did not expect to hear Lain mentioned 👏

[@SiriusG]

sounds like a case of destruction of private personal property entrusted to them and not wholly owned by them. as i remember the og purchase agreement and it definitely didn't say it was a access code. they were literally selling you three things at the point of sale, a disc, a digital copy, and a permanent space on the funimation servers. it wasn't ever an access code. the tos doesn't protect them from repercussions of criminal activity or in places where segments aren't legally binding

[@Hinokassaudifan1]

One of the best thumbnails I've seen in recent memory.

[@GetThatPepperOffThere]

Muta is kinda like a distant family member you check up on every day. Watch every video when it comes out, been following the channel for years and learned a lot. Great Work Muta for making KZbin a better place man 🤙🤘

[@myukiscottage9054]

wasn’t expecting THAT thumbnail

[@wahresschaff]

9:56 clip it, put it in a time-capsule, bury it, have later generations figure out what the fuck we've been doing

[@withering.poppies4806]

i feel like the message is very clear

[@Madashell1200]

Im glad a lot of people came around on this. Because for a while it seemed like everyone thought digital downloads were the future. Even though there are no physical copies. And people just assumed companies would honor their agreement and provide lifelong service. Based on what?

[@tiagoferreira234]

Piracy is wrong when the person or group of people being pirated don't deserve it, otherwise I call it free eats

[@NetBattler]

Imho piracy isn't wrong when the show you want to watch isn't available in any streaming service like my favorite anime Megaman NT warrior for example...

[@Kvint-kh12345]

People still have mixed feelings about CDPR, but i always respected them for no-DRM policy. It's honestly a chad move, when a company doesn't protect their games, because they know their games are so good, that you'll want to pay for them just to support their future projects.

[@tiagoferreira234]

@@Kvint-kh12345 This! If I see you are just a company who made a good game with no scummy ideals, and just want to make cool shit, my wallet is yours... If we are talking most AAA studios then they are 9.9/10 times getting hit with that 'Yes I would download a car without permission' type of mentality

[@tiagoferreira234]

@@NetBattler With how scummy streaming services are, I don't think anything regarding that as bad... Also MegaMan NT Warrior was goated when I was a kid

[@NetBattler]

​@@tiagoferreira234the show aged so well ngl

[@deathsyth8888]

Piracy is almost always a service problem. We're at a point where you no longer "own" the things you purchase and are actively taking it away, then I fully support people who pirate said goods. We live during a crucial point in time that if things don't change, we will own nothing as individuals and corporations will continue their quest to somehow try to squeeze even more money out of you to achieve endless growth and profits.

[@LordJokester]

"If you have a problem with piracy, if it's widespread, it's going to be an issue of cost or distribution" - Pirate Software

[@IIMiikexDII]

You're right. While some people do pirate just because they're cheap (I disagree with those pirates), it's always a service problem for a lot of us. I have no problems pirating a game from EA or Ubisoft, but will never pirate pro-consumer indie/smaller developers. A good example is Baulders Gate 3. I don't really want to buy it now, but would always refuse to pirate it due to all the good they've done for the gaming community.

[@ricedanan]

The SFW Mutahar Goatse thumbnail was not something I was expecting

[@MlnscBoo]

The extra money of almost all lower-middle to middle class families has gone to these companies. I alone have spent tens of thousands of dollars. It's mind boggling to me that these companies think that capital wouldn't dry up, real quick, if they took "ownership" of "products" back, whenever they want.

[@ScorchedAce94]

My mom did the same for my bday, she changed it to April 2 because she knew no one in this world would take my bday seriously. Thank you momn😢😢

[@draceyona]

momn

[@ScorchedAce94]

@@draceyona lol just noticed the typo thanks for the grammar check 😄

[@Deezisnotsfree]

So what, she stuffed you back in for another day?

[@draceyona]

@@ScorchedAce94 lol I was just messing around

[@himanbam]

I don't take your birthday seriously because it is a lie and you were actuslly born the day before

[@RyuNoZero]

business/office language should be punished with the Death Penalty, internationally, no exclusives

[@Necropheliac]

I absolutely would download a car, a house, even a purse if I could. Don’t compare piracy to theft. It’s not theft it’s copyright infringement. Downloading copyrighted media is a civil matter between you and the person who thinks you have infringed on their copyright. Theft is a criminal matter between you and the municipality that prosecutes you. It’s not even remotely the same thing.

[@2MCDS]

The worst part is copyright law is easily abused by the large corporations; they can break it all they want against smaller copyright holders.

[@mjc0961]

I would especially download a car if I had already paid for a car and then the car company stole it back from me.

[@_Paul_N]

@@mjc0961 that’s almost like leasing from a dealership. They couldn’t care less if you were never late on vehicle payments since driving off the lot, but miss a payment by 2 weeks and a tow truck is in front of your residence 😄

[@pinkchckn]

​@@_Paul_Nyeah, that like renting which is different than the issue at hand. That'd be more like you buy a car for the full price. Company decides to discontinue that model, so they send a tow truck to get your vehicle.

[@vortolex]

That type of concept doesn’t apply to common people is only at the services of the ruling or wealthy class society. Then the masses obediently comply to their demands. laws are to limit human capabilities not to suppress the capable ones (corpos)

[@ThatGuy21872]

Glad to see everyone talking about the thumbnail.

[@sheknowtaee278]

I raced here to read them all idek what the video is about

[@unlimitedin]

9:57

[@ThatGuy21872]

@@unlimitedin Doing God's work, are we?

[@unlimitedin]

@@ThatGuy21872 idk I wanna spread the funny part lol

[@tunakiller72]

That thumbnail is wild If you can’t own a game, then the harshest crime piracy can really be is trespassing. 1. "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" 2. "Piracy is a service problem"

[@DJThomas59]

I've seen companies add in parts where any disagreements will be settled out of court if you use their service. All this just to avoid their name in a lawsuit, and the services are streaming ones.

[@Unbridled-Whimsy]

That thumbnail gets me MutaHARD

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Never forget what happened when Funimation/Sony shut down AnimeLab in Australia and forced us to use their inferior app. Now this is essentially karma coming back around. Still sucks that Crunchyroll will now be the only player in town but still. Also, I still have my copy of Spec Ops: The Line that's sitting on my shelf with pride. I only wish I was fast enough to buy the game again on Steam or GOG. Oh well.

[@earlofill2580]

That thumbnail got me questioning which tab I had pulled up

[@AIDawg238]

I'm studying in a Uni in an engineering program where your are obligated to buy a specific graphic calculator, TI nspire CX II by Texas Instruments. Not to long ago, like 2 years or less, you had the choice to buy just the calculator or pay slightly more money to get the complementary software for the pc with a permanent license. GUESS WHAT? Not so long ago they removed the permanent license for everyone who bought the software. When I contacted them they said all licenses were nullified and people have to pay for annual subscription now. How is this even legal?

[@markm0000]

It’s T.I., they pay the schools to make sure you buy their calculators. No lawyer gonna touch that with a 10’ pole.

[@VintageMemory]

I'd ask for an immediate refund. If they refuse, I'd gather receipts, and threaten legal action

[@ElJosher]

That is nuts.

[@asdfgidji879]

it isnt. but their confident enough no ones gonna file such a lawsuit that would matter

[@asdfgidji879]

theyre ive been doing that a lot recently

[@xOrynos]

If buying something doesn't mean owning it. Then piracy isn't stealing it.

[@miniandrewmini1]

You'll love serial experiments lain It's one of those shows where upon the second rewatch everything makes perfect sense after the first watch

[@icravedeath.1200]

A shame the creator uses it for nft shit now

[@roachdoggjr3458]

So wild that the show is from like 1998, only 4 years after the public unveiling of the world wide web, and yet it remains one of the most powerful and poignant examples of tech dystopia in media

[@averyeml]

This is like when a company offers a “lifetime warranty” but that’s not your lifetime, it’s the company’s. So if Funimation says you bought a digital copy and own it for life, they really mean the life of their digital content servers and that’s the line they’re gonna go with, dollars to donuts. Most companies realized if they offer you “forever” but are vague about what forever entails, it incentivizes them to provide a shorter lasting, trashier product

[@anathema7687]

As someone outside USA I bought a DVD of movie not available in my country which boasted on the cover that it came with digital online copy, great I think so I can view on laptops etc but NO when I try to use it I get a message saying it’s not available in my country so yeah it sucks but that has long been the case here is Australia as I can’t even buy the movie (venture bros) in any format here so had to buy special dvd player just to be able to see shows and movies cos the company can’t even be bothered to release is Australia, I also don’t pirate but shit like this makes me feel companies deserve to lose money from those who do pirate

[@asdfgidji879]

they aint losing money if they wont sell it to you

[@ThePopo543]

Use vlc media player. It bypasses region lock iirc.

[@cjthebeesknees]

Venture bros, man of culture I see. Gotta be Brock and sail the high seas.

[@Sullivan_Bennett]

fun fact, in europe it does not matter at all what the TOS says, the law is always above that, that for example leads to twitch being legally forced to unban people in germany, or being forced to refund people in these cases, TOS bullshit like this only works in America and Canada

[@12Rosen]

government forcing a private company to unban someone? that’s pretty shitty

[@canelkoc8726]

No, it's important. No company should be above the law and if their TOS is against the law, those corporations should be punished. ​@@12Rosen

[@steveqi9309]

@@12Rosen in this day and age, the government need to reign the corporations in more, put them in their place, because they’ve been getting too powerful.

[@ThePopo543]

Based EU

[@12Rosen]

@@steveqi9309 having too much power over their own property? really?

[@mth0d]

9:54 IM DYING😭

[@tentyp9845]

the thumbnail got me a good edge thank you so much muta

[@Bread-nx9fo]

Good job representing Crunchyroll in the thumbnail, Muta.

[@the_cringe_nerd]

Muta has mastered the art of clickbait

[@DrDolan2000]

If I bought it, it's mine. Any company who says otherwise should be sued

[@louiscarullo6034]

Muta, my brother in techno Christ, your thumbnail just became the goatsee of Gen z. Just telling you so you can prepare.

[@cagdas_demir_albayrak]

The one thing I never expected from Muta is to pull a Goatse on the Thumbnail but we are living in a mad mad world.

[@jayvanezz5566]

Can't lie those back shots got me

[@Valpo_]

never clicked a thumbnail faster

[@Spookaroo]

If buying a game isn't owning it, then piracy isn't stealing it.

[@kanapuro]

would love for you to make a video discussing the current malware being hidden in sims 4 mods (maybe even testing it out to show us how bad it is, like its allegedly capable of stealing bank account information) cos its a very sudden and very dangerous thing and if people dont have discord they have no idea its happening

[@CapucineNighly]

Woah really? Good thing I took a break from sims moddin. Had to even pause my subs to TSR. Means I have to stick to what I have...

[@ouranhostphan1018]

I’m remembering the guy who scoffed and said “who still buys blu-rays anymore? You can just stream it” when I worked at an anime store today. I wonder how he’s feeling today.

[@ridiculousrandy1401]

Probably works for the streaming services now. Part of the problem.

[@nadavvvv]

you know you can still stream on piracy streaming sites right? not everything is crunchyroll

[@aaronfredericks9856]

Honestly, they need to pass a law that if you lose access to a digital purchase, that vendor and/or its successors owe you your purchase, adjusted for inflation and 10% interest per annum. Watch those attitudes change real fast.

[@jhoyciv]

Couldn't even edge to this thumbnail. I exploded immediately

[@lukeb6394]

Thanks bro I hope people start seeing how important this stuff is it's really starting to get out of hand :/

[@DownHavenEnt]

I'm straight, but I had to click on the thumbnail. You the only one who had me do that... that's a compliment.

[@bonemeat3917]

Horniest a jumpscare has ever made me