Protected Manga :rejected:
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I don't want to copypaste a password for every manga I read.
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How will we be granted the password through email, discord, the series page on MD, or through a thread on MD?
Will the password be per series or per chapter?
How often will the passwords be changed?
Will we receive the new password outright or do we have to contact the scanlator again?
The more I think of it the more questions pop up and the bigger headache it seems.
So does that mean we have to contact the scanlator personally to get the password?
How will we be granted the password through email, discord, the series page on MD, or through a thread on MD?
Will the password be per series or per chapter?
How often will the passwords be changed?
Will we receive the new password outright or do we have to contact the scanlator again?
The more I think of it the more questions pop up and the bigger headache it seems.
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Theres absolutly nothing that will stop aggregators. Also "I dont like that others earn on things I do".... Welcome to the year 300,000 bc. People have been exploiting other peoples work since humans existed.
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You say that it won't affect the reader? Then can you please explain how you'd implement the password protection system on a series without it affecting the readers at all,
because I am curious to see if your plan can achieve such results. Hell if you can honestly propose an idea that would achieve these goals I would be behind you 100%.
You say that it won't affect the reader? Then can you please explain how you'd implement the password protection system on a series without it affecting the readers at all,
because I am curious to see if your plan can achieve such results. Hell if you can honestly propose an idea that would achieve these goals I would be behind you 100%.
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My gosh this thread exploded faster than the trigger warning one, what's with the forums recently?
I'm against the idea.
1. Aggregators can simply hire some random dude for cheap to ask the password then download all images.
2. Manually filling in the passwords for every series is a pain. At least figure out a password manager system to autofill everything.
3. I like to download my chapters by directly downloading the links. If the password is the first thing that pops up when the link is opened, I will download the password screen and not the chapters.
4. The amount of coding this requires is probably not worth how easy it will be to counter the system.
I'm against the idea.
1. Aggregators can simply hire some random dude for cheap to ask the password then download all images.
2. Manually filling in the passwords for every series is a pain. At least figure out a password manager system to autofill everything.
3. I like to download my chapters by directly downloading the links. If the password is the first thing that pops up when the link is opened, I will download the password screen and not the chapters.
4. The amount of coding this requires is probably not worth how easy it will be to counter the system.
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While I'm not necessarily unsympathetic to your plight, I'm a bit worried about any implementation.
It'd be very difficult to create a way in which readers could easily read a chapter without aggregators getting to it as well.
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[li]You could restrict certain manga to registered users only, but that would simply require bots to make and use an account.[/li]
[li]You could require passwords, but that is retrieved automatically fairly easily too, as long as you post it in a place readers could easily find it[/li]
[li]If groups not just post their scans on mangadex but also choose to share them on their personal blogs/sites, as many do, aggregators would just retrieve chapters from there instead[/li]
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It's the DRM issue. Every bit of friction you add is more easily overcome by tech-savy people and bots than users; the latter of which will at a certain point just turn to said aggregators because it's less of a hassle.
The best compromise would be CAPTCHAs but those aren't foolproof either, and people still hate them.
(Also: too many phede's here, are you related in any way or just very like-minded?)
It'd be very difficult to create a way in which readers could easily read a chapter without aggregators getting to it as well.
[ul]
[li]You could restrict certain manga to registered users only, but that would simply require bots to make and use an account.[/li]
[li]You could require passwords, but that is retrieved automatically fairly easily too, as long as you post it in a place readers could easily find it[/li]
[li]If groups not just post their scans on mangadex but also choose to share them on their personal blogs/sites, as many do, aggregators would just retrieve chapters from there instead[/li]
[/ul]
It's the DRM issue. Every bit of friction you add is more easily overcome by tech-savy people and bots than users; the latter of which will at a certain point just turn to said aggregators because it's less of a hassle.
The best compromise would be CAPTCHAs but those aren't foolproof either, and people still hate them.
(Also: too many phede's here, are you related in any way or just very like-minded?)
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