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MangaRock has been removed from both appstores and the site will be down by the end of next week. MR apps will still work but won't be updated + keeping the servers up is inconclusive based on the language of their faq. So back up your shit nowww- likely to Tachiyomi w/ MangaDex extension if you use Android.
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Their homepage (MRComics) and the developer's notice seem to contradict themselves. I'm so confused as to what really is happening. I know they're trying to save face as their site and app pretty promote piracy, so my guess is that they're taking down their site, taking the app off the store, but will continue to maintain the servers behind the veil so those who paid (like me) for the app can still read stuff that's not licensed in their locale while they try and figure their shit out. It's been a real confusing and stressful few days for them, I'm sure.
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from chronos02 on ANN:
QuoteSo they're basically pulling a dumping strategy, which is an anti-competitive practice, but without the negatives since they got revenue from advertising and their product cost is zero. They have fidelized plenty of people and now that they're transitioning to what appear to be completely legit practices, they will keep a chunk of the users as customers. This is essentially what CR did back in the day, as well as FAKKU. It's honestly hard to believe that the market regulation organisms are fine with this. If this happened with a physical store, the owners would already be behind bars, not because they dealt with pirated content, but because the practice of this strategy is banned, even if they do it inadvertently.
If they had done everything with the support of the scanlator groups, and without going the advertising AND the SUBSCRIPTION route, by taking advantage of both the scanlators and the ignorance of the readers, as well as obviously the mangaka and everyone involved in the actual products, then maybe, just maybe, I would've hoped them smooth sailing, but no, they went full-on greed and not only did they steal ad revenue from the licence holders (this is ACTUAL money made from people getting ads on their screen while reading manga from their site, it's not a "potential sale" bs most licence holders pull when talking about piracy losses), but they also had the gall to create an app, make it go past google's or iOS's (forgot which) checks, and ask for a freaking subscription fee!I'll add that this to me falls exactly in line w/ what CR and FK did, since I followed both changes when they happened. I figured this would happen eventually, and those suspicions was solidified after I noticed the huge influx of manhwa (as part of those content deals.) They launched their subscription service not even a month ago, so they'll keep the app around. Once users begin to trickle out of the sub service (which is inevitable) and MRComics is finalized, I reckon MangaRock will be no more. There is NO app or service that can survive long-term straddling the line between fan scanlation and legal sources.
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