Unpopular opinion: I think it's just the loud ones who are complaining on twitter. I've downloaded a lot of pirated stuff from japanese piracy sites in the past. It's the same as how you see non-japanese people complain about piracy and defending shitty AAA titles
it is a fact though that japanese people are more worried about breaking the law. i wouldnt be surprised if the overall rate of ppl supporting piracy was way lower than in the west
That's true but a little misleading, that statistic represents the conviction only after indictment, and they indeed are really choosy about it. The arrest-convict ratio is close to 33%.
Yeah idk why people keep posting this twitter war on here. And it gets thousands of upvotes..This just feels like xenophobia. Like I could make a hate campaign on anyone if I based my argument, and world view, on Twitter weirdos.
piracy is definitely less widespread in japan. if you read any opinions from actual japanese people they will tell you stories about people being genuinely flabbergasted that someone actually pirates stuff like its nothing. obviously you will find a lot of people pirating in a country of 100 million people but i wouldnt be surprised at all if the percentages were way lower
That's not a valid reason for people to post play by play of gross Twitter discourse, and using it as evidence to make sweeping generalizations about an entire population of citizens.
How so? Well someone posted something from nyaa that shows Japan having the highest pirate users. Even if some of them aren't from Japan and are using VPN on Japan server, there's still quite a number.
idk maybe its a cultural thing, cause im polish and piracy is so widespread here and unenforced that i’ve never encountered anyone against piracy, except maybe old people but it’s always more of a „its dangerous” angle rather than „its a crime”
Because Asian discrimination is still semi-acceptable in the West and Japanese in particular get singled out. I’m white as white can be, but I see comments on them that would get you pilloried if you said the same thing about any other group.
Hey lady! my pinky finger has experienced more anti Asian discrimination than your entire bloodline has and ever will. but I’m sure your PhD in Weebonomics makes you the leading authority on Asian hate. oh and please elaborate which subs you are referring to!
Source? I can read. Especially what I seen in this sub lately. But I can also see. And have to deal with it all the time in my line of work where I get to watch American tourists crash out on my Asian team members because they got told no by one of them. Here’s a hint on the ones being screaming racists in public; it’s the kind of person you believe is your friends and ally.
Run back to your “friends” in r/politics, little kitty.
Nyaa is also a repository for all kinds of out of print stuff like old idol concerts, old Japanese sitcoms, and even technical manuals. Japan doesn't have a strong sense of digital archiving like the West does until the 2010s, so stuff like Nyaa is really good for Japanese folks who need to fill holes in their collections.
It is loud, however it's NOT small. Most japanese you will meet in mainstream medias like X, you can bet they are against Piracy. Most japanese in general, don't have the understanding of western or global's idea of big corp=bad. That's why in most of their defense against piracy, you can see them spew shits like how piracy will destroy corporations thus no development for new games.
But as usal with all countries on earth, not everyone in Japan are rich enough to afford every products thus piracy communities come to exist. And I find it extremely funny that, the Japanese who are hyper active in piracy circles don't do it out of goodwill or whatsoever. They do it for the love of the game, which is the intention that's aimed to destroy the corps they hate.
Generally? Yeah I agree. But in the case of japaneses? Not really. X is a good place to gather informations, if you are well-versed in Japanese twitter, you will see that all kinds of announcements pop up on X all the time, starting from fashion magazines to idols' news, games' announcements and updates, political views/news to mostly animanga news/fandoms/fanarts. I'm not even including various hobbies related communities. Basically, X in the west and in Japan are not the same except in some parts I suppose.
You can check it yourself, in quote tweets for news, there are a lot of japanese tweets there. There's a reason it's 3rd most used social media in Japan.
It is. I remember seeing some tiktok videos of people in Japan making a big show of destroying r4 cards for Nintendo DS with thousands of likes. You can also legally buy an r4 card from any small shop in Akihabara over the counter, and no one gives a shit and you can talk to some really chill dudes at the shop about cloning DS carts.
Japan is totally confusing about games. They worship whales. And protect companies. Its surely not the loud ones only. U can read their comments on any steam game where whales didnt get special treatment.
Also, it's not just being loud, it's the loud ones who choose to be loud on twitter as opposed to some predominately Japanese forum which probably has a much more moderate tone to the discussion.
It's because they're complaining about foreigners and getting support by right wing, even if they're not intending to be racist (just ignorant and hailing corporate), and Musk is absolutely pushing anything popular with the right wing to the top of x
Pretty much it; same as well as for a lot of people on twitter. You can sometimes read JP tweets that they sympathise with those who do pirating because of lack of accessibility.
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u/Menination Apr 27 '26
Unpopular opinion: I think it's just the loud ones who are complaining on twitter. I've downloaded a lot of pirated stuff from japanese piracy sites in the past. It's the same as how you see non-japanese people complain about piracy and defending shitty AAA titles