My scripts were open source, but I was the only one who actually contributed code (I’m only selling my own work), and I made my decision based on the poll results.
Keep in mind that MangaBaka is just a hobby project for the owner, didn't violate the API AUP, and that MangaDex’s metadata is mostly copied from other sites and maintained by community contributors.
The owner talked about possible ways to cover server costs in the far future, like using affiliate links (which MangaDex has been doing for years). But then a NamiComi staff member forced the owner to stop using MangaDex as a source, claiming they owned all the metadata and making baseless...
For some context: A community member started a non-profit project called MangaBaka, meant to bring together multiple manga trackers while staying connected to the sources and helping with metadata contributions. Many people welcomed and joined the project, including some MangaDex staff.
Due to recent events, all my scripts related to direct MangaDex metadata contributions are now limited and placed behind a paywall.
This decision was based on the results of a poll among MangaDex contributors following a disagreement with how MangaDex/NamiComi staff handled a community-made...
are you on the latest filter version? and what's your browser + viewport? you can just give me a https://www.whatsmybrowser.org link
there was a problem like that because uBlock sometimes didn't detect the synopsis, but I thought updating the selector fixed it.
If anyone wants a uBlock Origin filter: https://github.com/rRoler/ublock-filters/raw/refs/heads/main/mangadex/recommendations
you can just import it as a custom list
The MyAnimeList XML file can include only a title in the preferred language, the CSV file can include titles both in the preferred and original language, and the JSON file is just a big data dump that'll include all titles.