Streaming service Crunchyroll raises prices weeks after killing its free tier

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/streaming-service-crunchyroll-raises-prices-weeks-after-killing-its-free-tier/

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KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 215d

Oh No!

Anyways

FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 11 pts · 215d (5 replies)

Animekai.to .

Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 215d (4 replies)

Tried it out of curiosity, but both server options threw an error. P-Stream or another option from the freemediaheckyeah list might also work, though I've found that Stremio with a debrid subscription tends to be more reliable.

M1ch431@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 215d

https://kuroiru.co/app is another link that may be helpful for anime

FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 2 pts · 215d (2 replies)

Weird. It works about as well as all of the other piracy sites I've tried. Very, very slow, and not that great. I've tried fmhy, I tried Yarrlist (think it might've gotten taken down or something, maybe blocked in my area), none of them have actually been fast. Pisses me off.

Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 215d (1 reply)

"why is this FREE thing not FAST???"

FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 2 pts · 214d

I mean... I'm not expecting much besides it actually loading more than one 20 minute episode an hour. Not expecting perfection. Goojara.to is a site that works well enough. The downloads actually work, I haven't found another site I could say the same for. Site itself is laggy, but the downloads work great, so I don't mind.

WonderRin@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 213d

Wow, they're not even being subtle about it! Like, seriously, one week?

eleitl@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 214d

I'm going to let my yearly subscription expire. I've basically watched everything of interest by now.