r/webtoons • u/sunnypufferfish • Aug 12 '26

Discussion This is RIDICULOUS

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This series was finished YESTERDAY, I stopped halfway the last episode, and when I came back to it later today, it was already ad locked?! And every time I tried to click on the screen, it kept redirecting me to shoppee, I HATE THIS WITH A PASSION 🔥👄🔥 EVEN THE AFTERWORD IS AD LOCKED, THIS IS HORRIBLE

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u/PrimaryImagination41 Aug 12 '26

DAMN THEY WASTED NO TIME WHAT THE FUCK. Man screw webtoon, that is actually crazy. They were just waiting for it to end so they could monetize the series. And you even have to pay for the Afterword. Fuck WEBTOON. From the bottom of my heart, this company is a shell of its former self.

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u/Relevant_Detective21 Aug 13 '26

It really is a hollow shell now. And after not being on this app for years and coming back to all these money hungry changes is so depressing 🥲 I remember being so happy to even see webtoons first commercial.. I was genuinely happy to see this app getting more attention all for it to go downhill like all the other apps sigh. That’s capitalism for you I guess ):

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u/DazedandFloating Aug 13 '26

Dude I remember the early advertising as well. They used to have on platform community driven events and opportunities too.

They do not give a shit anymore and it’s so sad.

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u/strawberryselkie Aug 13 '26

I am finding fewer and fewer comics I like there lately. I feel like most of the good ones they have/had I've already read or can find elsewhere. I used to like some of the ones on canvas a lot but so many if those just sort of faded away.

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u/PrimaryImagination41 Aug 13 '26

This. I can name at least 5 comics that I’m reading right now only because they’re on WEBTOON. I have dozens of series I’m subscribed to and I haves touched them in forever. The app sucks. Even the comment section is bs now on most series.

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u/SillyFalling Aug 13 '26

Exactly, they did this to one of my favorite series.