Kakao announced its strategic decision to sell the majority of its subsidiaries, except its core assets. (Article) This is speculated to be the reason why Kakao Webtoon ID has been weird lately.
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(Sighs) What did I say. It's good to not get my hopes up too much. The updates might've come back, but the events hadn't. The warning signs are still there, so I wouldn't be surprised if it really shuts down. It's still sad, though.
There are A LOT MORE manhwa I love & read there, I even bought tickets. I love the app more than Tapas, too. Not to mention how I think some translations came out better & faster ALSO, IT HAS "CITRA", Tapas DOESN'T!!
At the very least, if it indeed shuts down, Tapas will stop region blocking some manhwa, right?? And they'll FINALLY bring "Citra" into English, right?? RIGHT??? If you take away Kakao Webtoon ID without letting us access these manhwa on Tapas, that's just begging for piracy. 🙃 Cause how else can we read?? VPN I guess but it also sucks. And if we lose "Citra" for good...😭😭😭💔
Also, again (taps what I tweeted before about Bilibili Comics shutting down and my blog post about that):
"I have PLENTY of thoughts about this: this is a HUGE blow to the accessibility of legal comic platforms to deter piracy, the transient nature of digital media nowadays"
I didn't buy permanent tickets so I know they're transient BUT DAMN it must sucks a lot for people who did. Ugh.
Continuation of Kakao Webtoon ID stuff
Kakao announced its strategic decision to sell the majority of its subsidiaries, except its core assets. (Article) This is speculated to be the reason why Kakao Webtoon ID has been weird lately.
My thoughts:
(Sighs) What did I say. It's good to not get my hopes up too much. The updates might've come back, but the events hadn't. The warning signs are still there, so I wouldn't be surprised if it really shuts down. It's still sad, though.
There are A LOT MORE manhwa I love & read there, I even bought tickets. I love the app more than Tapas, too. Not to mention how I think some translations came out better & faster ALSO, IT HAS "CITRA", Tapas DOESN'T!!
At the very least, if it indeed shuts down, Tapas will stop region blocking some manhwa, right?? And they'll FINALLY bring "Citra" into English, right?? RIGHT??? If you take away Kakao Webtoon ID without letting us access these manhwa on Tapas, that's just begging for piracy. 🙃 Cause how else can we read?? VPN I guess but it also sucks. And if we lose "Citra" for good...😭😭😭💔
Also, again (taps what I tweeted before about Bilibili Comics shutting down and my blog post about that):
"I have PLENTY of thoughts about this: this is a HUGE blow to the accessibility of legal comic platforms to deter piracy, the transient nature of digital media nowadays"
I didn't buy permanent tickets so I know they're transient BUT DAMN it must sucks a lot for people who did. Ugh.
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