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yep, another '''oficial group''' that:



pretty scummy but oh well, mangadex allow it. Kinda funny how this site's been pushing users to use agregator sites... Oh well
What do you mean scummy? They're the official English version, they're allowed to charge money for it and they don't need to give two squirts of rancid goat piss about what the pirate scanlation groups have done already.
 
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can we block publisher? I mean stop fucking spamming the damn fucking thing christ
As mentioned in support and other threads you can go to the group's page and block them, or visit Settings and go to "group block" and add them there.
 
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As mentioned in support and other threads you can go to the group's page and block them, or visit Settings and go to "group block" and add them there.
How about some solution that works in the update section too? I mean I got that page currently CLOGGED by Manga UP, but didn't want to block them outright, something like a toggle in the page that says for example "toggle by scanlators and official publishers"
 
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How about some solution that works in the update section too? I mean I got that page currently CLOGGED by Manga UP, but didn't want to block them outright, something like a toggle in the page that says for example "toggle by scanlators and official publishers"
I don't think they'll ever do something of that sort, just block the official MangaDex (bot) account that uploads them or the groups in question (until the storm passes).
 
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What do you mean scummy? They're the official English version, they're allowed to charge money for it and they don't need to give two squirts of rancid goat piss about what the pirate scanlation groups have done already.
They're not entitled to my money and by behaving by this they secure that more people know of them treating potential customers like this.
 
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They're not entitled to my money and by behaving by this they secure that more people know of them treating potential customers like this.
They're actually entitled to your money when you read their products, you just choose to pirate it.
You know, expecting to get everything for free and stealing what you won't pay for is another form of greed.
 
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They're actually entitled to your money when you read their products, you just choose to pirate it.
You know, expecting to get everything for free and stealing what you won't pay for is another form of greed.
First, it is NOT their product, they are translating it which is another thing. I'll rather buy the Light Novels and other stuff that I do from the author, such as the Overlord series or Far Away Paladin that I own, including the old Berserk manga volumes.

Second, not all mangas are available in every region so those people don't even get the chance to buy it. How is it stealing?

Third, the very same people that made manga popular are those pirating it. How do you think it became a hit on the west? It clearly wasn't because of the old movies that localizers tried to port (and many ruined). Like it or not, piracy has always increased sales of a product and it has never been stealing.
 
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Yeah no Manga Up sucks. They split chapters like crazy. I would find myself purchasing the ebook off Amazon before paying money for them to release 1/8 of a chapter per week that requires a premium currency to read.
 
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Piece of shit "official" publishers spamming our updates. To top it off, they're heavily paywalling chapters off of any series they can get their dirty mitts on.

These were stuff we previously freely enjoyed thanks to our awesome volunteer translation groups. Content that was removed due to Mangadex bowing to DMCA.
 
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Can't even find any updates from anyone other than this group/publisher because of all this paywall spam.

Isn't this grounds for breaking Community Guidelines | 3. Code of Conduct | 3.4 - Abusing any features of the website (such as titles, groups, reports or covers) for the purpose of advertising, trolling, or other malicious behavior will result in a ban.

BLOCKED
 
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Quite pathetic that one has to block these guys due to them spamming the feed so bad nothing from anyone else can be seen.
 
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Isn't this grounds for breaking Community Guidelines | 3. Code of Conduct | 3.4
aHEM
https://forums.mangadex.org/threads...ficial-publisher-from-latest-updates.2717598/
TL;DR (because you definitely didn't read): these outlinks are a project by MangaDex staff who aren't subject to the same limitations we are

You are nonetheless correct that this particular implementation of the project has been...less than stellar. Might be done soon though and we'll all forget about it in a week.
 
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First, they take hentai and I said nothing
Then they took doujin and I said nothing...
Though be real, you can block them to prevent update catalog spam, but it doesn't stop the enshittification of this hobby
 
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First, it is NOT their product, they are translating it which is another thing. I'll rather buy the Light Novels and other stuff that I do from the author, such as the Overlord series or Far Away Paladin that I own, including the old Berserk manga volumes.

Second, not all mangas are available in every region so those people don't even get the chance to buy it. How is it stealing?

Third, the very same people that made manga popular are those pirating it. How do you think it became a hit on the west? It clearly wasn't because of the old movies that localizers tried to port (and many ruined). Like it or not, piracy has always increased sales of a product and it has never been stealing.
congrats, you bought 3-4 series of the likely hundreds of pirated manga you've read. i don't buy manga myself, but trying to argue that "piracy has never been stealing" is insane mental gymnastics, lmao. you're a clown.

just block the publisher and move on. acting offended like you'd actually pay for their product as a "potential customer" is corny and pathetic.
 

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