After a few months of silence and uncertainty, news finally came out that Kakao will close its webtoon service in Indonesia and Taiwan.
My thoughts: Read more
Welp, FINALLY a confirmation. The writing's been on the wall for a few months now, so I'm sure everyone saw it coming at this point - the Twitter account hasn't been active since July (ironically, the last tweet being reassurance and apology) and the webtoons in the app haven't been updated for a few months. It was a slow and painful death.
Still, it's disappointing, frustrating, and painful. At the very least, I wish the official Twitter would say something - communicate to us honestly and directly. Just say that they're shutting down, and I (and many others) might not be this furious. This is such a bad way to shut down a service, to ghost customers like that.
And once again, people who read legally and bought "permanent" tickets got the short end of the stick (or even punished for their good intentions) because it's actually not permanent...😔
Re: This tweet: The last paragraph...there's also A LOT of piracy in English, though. But I guess that market is bigger, so there's still plenty of profits. And what do they expect from withdrawing from Indonesia, I wonder? More profits?? No way, this is likely to incite even more piracy instead.
Sighs as I link my blog post again. It stays relevant. I'm so sick and tired of this. 😩
This is a good Twitter thread full of anger and frustration, and I share the sentiment. Isn't it funny that publishers say, "Read legally!" But they don't provide a way to read legally, even taking it away? Tapas is no longer region-locked now, which is a good thing, but who knows what complications may arise for us Indonesians. What if the price is higher and we can't afford it, thus inciting even more piracy? What about the webtoons that were in Kakao Webtoon ID but not in Tapas, like "Citra"?? Will you finally bring these webtoons, then?? Not to mention the problems in Tapas itself. I'll have to try, wait, and see.
That's all I can say for now. I feel like I've said all the things I wanted over various posts, so I ran out of things to say. But at the same time, I feel like it isn't enough and there's more in my mind. But I'm too tired now. Maybe I'll write a longer post/expand this later, who knows.
After a few months of silence and uncertainty, news finally came out that Kakao will close its webtoon service in Indonesia and Taiwan.
My thoughts:
Welp, FINALLY a confirmation. The writing's been on the wall for a few months now, so I'm sure everyone saw it coming at this point - the Twitter account hasn't been active since July (ironically, the last tweet being reassurance and apology) and the webtoons in the app haven't been updated for a few months. It was a slow and painful death.
Still, it's disappointing, frustrating, and painful. At the very least, I wish the official Twitter would say something - communicate to us honestly and directly. Just say that they're shutting down, and I (and many others) might not be this furious. This is such a bad way to shut down a service, to ghost customers like that.
And once again, people who read legally and bought "permanent" tickets got the short end of the stick (or even punished for their good intentions) because it's actually not permanent...😔
Re: This tweet: The last paragraph...there's also A LOT of piracy in English, though. But I guess that market is bigger, so there's still plenty of profits. And what do they expect from withdrawing from Indonesia, I wonder? More profits?? No way, this is likely to incite even more piracy instead.
Sighs as I link my blog post again. It stays relevant. I'm so sick and tired of this. 😩
This is a good Twitter thread full of anger and frustration, and I share the sentiment. Isn't it funny that publishers say, "Read legally!" But they don't provide a way to read legally, even taking it away? Tapas is no longer region-locked now, which is a good thing, but who knows what complications may arise for us Indonesians. What if the price is higher and we can't afford it, thus inciting even more piracy? What about the webtoons that were in Kakao Webtoon ID but not in Tapas, like "Citra"?? Will you finally bring these webtoons, then?? Not to mention the problems in Tapas itself. I'll have to try, wait, and see.
That's all I can say for now. I feel like I've said all the things I wanted over various posts, so I ran out of things to say. But at the same time, I feel like it isn't enough and there's more in my mind. But I'm too tired now. Maybe I'll write a longer post/expand this later, who knows.
#manhwa #media_preservation #media_accessibilityFold