But fools need to “feel” that they are stopping piracy with this DRM crap, even though they aren’t.

The chapters are DRM infested, which is so freaking stupid beyond belief. In theory, once you pay for it, it is yours for as long as you have a device that can read it. If you are willing to pay $0.99 a chapter, plus tax, you can purchase the latest chapter immediately when it becomes available without waiting until 5pm PST of the 8th of the month.

Be warned that like CR, comiXology Unlimited only carries the latest chapters not in print for borrowing purposes as well as the first chapter. However, in the case of UQ Holder, if you don’t mind being two months behind everyone else, you can “borrow” that chapter.

So as a replacement for Crunchyroll, it will not suffice at all. When it comes to the subscription service, it does not appear that comiXology Unlimited allows people to “borrow” a manga chapter until it has been out a while. To Buy or Pay For the Subscription Service To view borrowed or purchased items, one either needs to have the comiXology app installed on their mobile device, or they can go to comiXology’s website and use the browser viewer. No DC titles were available to be borrowed. However, when I examined comiXology Unlimited for myself, I saw a large number of Marvel titles out there for borrowing purposes, including the entire original Secret Wars series from 1984. Marvel and DC passed, opting for their own services. Many comic book and manga publishing houses, including Kodansha Comics and Dark Horse, joined. (As a disclaimer, I am an affiliate.)īy May 2016, comiXology Amazon backing allowed them to launch their monthly subscription service called comiXology Unlimited. (Most don’t allow this though.) Then in 2015, they were purchased by. Seven years later, comiXology expanded, providing DRM-free comics in PDF or CBZ format for some publishers. They worked with brick-and-mortar stores to help push comic book sales. As such, after numerous hints over the years from blog reader mattcgw‏, I decided to give it a try.įor those who don’t know, comiXology was founded in July 2007 as a comic book fan and information site. A Review of the comiXology (manga) serviceĪs all of us UQ Holder fans are painfully aware of, Crunchyroll still cannot be bothered to upload UQ Holder chapter 154.

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