I think the main issue here is that not every group that provides free scanlations has the technical know-how (or the interest) to tackle the issue. They see the easy and open platform of sites like MD or Bato, and use it to upload to a bigger user base.
I don’t necessarily after nor disagree with this, but after 30 years in IT I am not surprised at all.
I’m extremely aware of this.
But I’m still too financially destitute to even tackle a simple manga format.
May our influence reach further readers than just the technological illiterate.
Are you trying to lead somewhere with this? Or can you empathize the diaspora of sourcing?
Why do we need “Mangadex, but also bato.to, Manga Plus and some group specific sources. Also Komga,” when you should just be able to connect on a p2p, and find your manga, in your scan group[s] of choice and language selection? What happened to sourcing?
I think the main issue here is that not every group that provides free scanlations has the technical know-how (or the interest) to tackle the issue. They see the easy and open platform of sites like MD or Bato, and use it to upload to a bigger user base.
I don’t necessarily after nor disagree with this, but after 30 years in IT I am not surprised at all.
I’m extremely aware of this. But I’m still too financially destitute to even tackle a simple manga format. May our influence reach further readers than just the technological illiterate.
I’m trying to say I don’t agree with your stance that we should use P2P and decentralize everything.
Then enjoy the nth time any of those sites get taken down.