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[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Do you work for Webtoons or something? Because this is free on the actual author's site.

https://crookedgoat.ca/

Does Webtoons even get permission to repost this shit for money?

[–] Bondjimbond@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child)

I am the actual author. I post my work in many places. All of them are free to read.

Webtoons is where I have the most subscribers and is the most popular platform, so I tend to direct people there. I also get a (tiny) share of the revenue from the ads they place below my comics, which is a nice little bonus. But I'm happy for people to read wherever - I just like to share my work.

[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Oh, cool! It's a great comic! I've always found it suspicious that Webtoons links are paywalled while authors have free access on their own sites, but I guess that makes sense if it works for the artists.

[–] Bondjimbond@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

They aren't paywalled, though? All the links are viewable freely as far as I can tell.

[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child)

Any time I go to Webtoons on my phone I see this. I guess maybe it's technically free? I don't really trust any app that tries to force itself on me though. Usually they want something, whether that be pushing ads or selling data.

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[–] Bondjimbond@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 day ago

Ah, that is annoying! You can still view in the browser, but the pop-up is definitely bothersome. And of course you can just go to crookedgoat.ca as you indicated, and be free of ads, trackers, and any other corporate nonsense.

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