You might remember the recent big waves of takedowns on Mangadex. Kakao is believed to be the company largely responsible (I don’t think it is official anyway); and now they are completely leaving the North American market.

  • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.worldM
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    17 hours ago

    I’ve read the “normal” version of Villains Are Destined To Die so trying out a physical version could work as a good comparison. I’ll probably go with the printed one though - I’m not a fan of proprietary apps and DRM. Well, that and I simply prefer reading physical (too bad not everything I’m interested in is available officially in English).

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      13 hours ago

      I’m not a fan of proprietary apps and DRM

      That’s fair. I use Kobo mainly because they’re easy to remove the DRM from.

      I simply prefer reading physical

      Mostly same, but space is becoming a thing for me. Digital is easier for travel too.

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        11 hours ago

        Weak DRM is a plus but I’m honestly over jumping through hoops for paid products. I’d rather spend money on something that’s exactly how I want it from the get go - there’s enough stuff in my backlog I can be a bit picky without feeling like I miss much.

        I can understand the space concern. Thankfully (or unfortunately), my collection isn’t big enough to worry about it just yet but I can see it being a problem in the future. Besides, I spend vast majority of my time in front of the screen already so I try to find ways to step away from it for certain activities - reading physical is one of them.