> scanlator willingly uploads to an aggregate platform that allows them to pull their chapters
> scanlator eventually feels like the platform isn't worth dealing with anymore, and motions to pull their chapters
> readers: LOOL, WHAT A BUNCH OF KINDERGARTNERS.
Lets see. All of wowe's stuff was pulled (I helped fix a script so the owner could do that himself, was a fun time). Meraki's stuff is up to be pulled. Hati's stuff is up to be pulled.
I can't imagine why people might want to pull from the platform that lets redditors spread a bunch of crap about how Scanlation doesn't cost anything, and how bad "ebegging" is when all they did was put some methods to donate up and happened to be a bit slow.
That's not even getting into how sniping is enabled by uploading to this platform in the first place.
Without the first 36 chapters, you can't just upload 37, 38, 39, 40 and expect people to really notice. Not until some other aggregate that has all of the chapters rips those off mdex. Which could be quite a while depending on the aggregate.
I mean, if they
really wanted to toss the toys out of the pram, they could upload all of the chapters on their site as a PDF or webp. Then even other aggregates wouldn't be able to rip their chapters via bots.
@fredfriendly