Truth is, the manga/anime industry should've been on top of the digital market before anyone else. They should have a bigger community forum than AP or OJ. There shouldn't be so many fans finding manga series through a MS or anything like it. If they did their jobs right. They can still take advantage by embracing Arlong Park in some innovated way, but they let it live on it's own as they did with OJ. Well, at least until they're ready to bury it like OJ.
Instead, they let these entities live on because they know it helps grow the community, but when they start to implement the methods like they've done as of the last 3 years, they can X out MS and others whenever they want. Simple business tactics. Disney and Warner used Netflix to broadcast their properties, but when they copy their methods, they start their own platforms and become more immediate competitors. The difference is, the manga/anime industry barely embraced an OJ or AP. They pick out who they control and X out everyone else. OJ tried to promote and do the "make sure you support the official product", but that gets you no where lol. That same thing goes on here and this place can be taken out whenever "you know who" feels like being aggressive.
The entities that put strikes on your favorite Youtuber's One Piece reactions or gets JB and MS to stop, have the same interest coincidentally. I wonder why. So many Youtubers like KOL or Joy Boy start from illegal scans or even Yonkou, but then they campaign for their following to go for the official release in the last 2 years stronger than they ever have. I don't doubt that it's genuine, but there's too many coincidences to ignore.
It's interesting that I pay the same people as the official release snobs, but i'm considered an advocate for illegal scans. What do you do to a fan forum that helps your business grow? You embrace it and possibly do cool collaborations or do you create this invisible leash that you can tug at anytime you want?
