[gashatfreak]

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

I'm starting to think it might be less taxing on my sanity to pay for movies and anime (physical or digital) instead of paying for subpar streaming services (cough Netflix cough Crunchyroll cough).

8 months ago I posted this comment (holy, I made this comment 8 months ago). Well, after giving it some thought, I've decided to go for Crunchyroll next year and actually pay for my anime instead of pirating them.

A big factor for my decision is a sort-of ephiphany I had. Basically, I was hesitant to pay for anime streaming services because a lot of anime are spread out over multiple streaming services so I felt like I would be missing out on what I might want to watch so I might as well just pirate them. Today I had an ephiphany: why should I care about what I'm 'missing out' on?

Crunchryoll's gigantic and ever expanding library (especially now that Funimation has merged with Crunchryoll) means that I'll never be able to finish it anyways. Why should I care about the anime on Netflix? Or Hulu? Or whatever? Why should I pay for servcies just to get 4 or 5 shows I might want to watch when there are plenty of decent anime I haven't discovered yet on Crunchyroll?

So I've decided to pay for Crunchyroll and HiDive next year (because HiDive has a bunch of exclusive anime I actually want to watch rather than just a meager handful in other services). Choosing what platform to watch on restricts my viewing options, and while that sounds like a bad thing, I feel like it's a blessing in this era of entertainment oversaturation.

I feel like I'm ranting here but i just wanted to get this off my chest. And also to encourage people who might be reading this to take control of your entertainment options instead of the other way around. Remember, entertainment should ease your stresses, not add to them.