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Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it::Funimation is shutting down on April 2nd, 2024. The service will automatically transfer subscribers to Crunchyroll, and legacy members will see a price increase.

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[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 7 months ago (3 children)

This just screams greed IMO.

Sony (Aniplex), the owner of Funimation (and new owner of Crunchyroll), who actually produced and holds the rights to most of Funimation's library via their partnership with a Japan-based subsidiary, are choosing to revoke your access to your media.

Funny thing is they merged in 2021, not sure why it was an issue running the two separate sites until now.

[–] thegreekgeek@midwest.social 19 points 7 months ago

Because fuck you we're Sony I guess?

[–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

not sure why it was an issue running the two separate sites until now.

Because that's twice the maintenance cost? The better question is why did they take so long after the merge to shut one of them down.

[–] UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Business as usual. You get rich enough to buy out a smaller company and then funnel all of those resources into one main company so that your management now oversees even more power. Who cares how disconnected you are from the community when you're sleeping on a large stack of money every night.