What do you think about illegal manga sites?

i'm not going to participate in this conversation because i have too much to say and an extremely unpopular opinion, but i just wanna say if i see any one of these answers invalidating the author and artist's hard work like "ah, well we deserve to read this for free without the author's consent AND treat the author horribly too! aha!" i will throw ......   2 reply

i mean, they’re pretty cool. not everyone has the privilege to know the language that a manga’s written in or pay for official translations.   reply

I don’t really like using illegal sites, since it takes away the author’s audience and profit BUT I can’t afford to pay an arm and a leg to read certain manhwa’s or sometimes they’re not available for my region. That being said, I am not going to insult the author for putting price tags on their hard work, unlike certain people. (I don’......   reply

i think they bring the joy to my life, as being broke and not able to work. illegal manga has saved us all. amen.   reply

well, I am here and using it, aren't I? What I do not like, however, is when people try to defend reading here under the guise of "I'm broke" specifically targeted to stealing officially paid English translations, like from Lezhin. Reading manga is not a necessity, you're not going to physically die without it. You're stealing off the author, takin......   reply

I been doing it since I was 7 bruh. Illegal anime sites, illegal manga whatever. I’m broke and I don’t have a bank account. So for I don’t really care, but if I earn enough coins from watching ads on the official sites I’ll use it on the webtoons because I still want to support the author in someway, even if I can’t all the time.   reply

Useful to see what kind of content your money is going towards before you spend it. Legitimate platforms are not nearly transparent enough about the content you're potentially supporting, and, since most people on here are here for bl, bl in particular has a knack for turning out to be absolutely abhorrent content-wise, which makes pre-purchase tra......   reply

Ok, so first I'm going to clarify my opinion because its not what really wanted to say Yes I truly respect the authors. They worked so hard to make the stuff that we love. And its like an insult to them when illegal manga sites upload there creation But. As a broke person myself mangago is like a gift from heaven. And of course I'll go support t......   reply

I love them I feel bad for the authors for using them but there are also plenty of people who will pay for their stuff but I'd hate to pay for something then within the first few chapters I don't like it then it's just a waste of money for instance manga! They are at most an hour long read and you pay like 30+ dollars for them ._. no ty especially......   reply