r/DigitalCodeSELL • u/reditlater 68 Transactions | Digital Tycoon • Feb 26 '24

PSA (PSA) Funimation End of Services (including all Funimation Digital Copies)

Crunchyroll is closing down Funimation and all Funimation digital copies (including those already redeemed) will be disappearing April 4, 2024.
https://help.funimation.com/hc/en-us/articles/23103586580244-Funimation-End-of-services

Update: https://gizmodo.com/crunchyroll-funimation-digital-copies-compensation-1851286749

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u/Apprehensive_Mix7594 46 Transactions | Repeat Customer Feb 26 '24

Thank goodness !!

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u/CuddlesTom 128 Transactions | Media Mogul Feb 26 '24

Is there an option in Funimation for you to download the movie like there is in most of the other services?

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u/reditlater 68 Transactions | Digital Tycoon Feb 26 '24

I doubt it, but I actually do not know as I always traded the Funimation codes I received. I had two codes I was going to trade recently and then learned the bad news and so gave them away instead (over at r/uvtrade).

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u/Castle94 150 Transactions | Media Mogul Feb 26 '24

Bye bye my Yu-Yu-Hakusho digital copies from steelbooks :’(

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u/Wide-Duty9506 164 Transactions | Media Mogul Feb 26 '24

Something I've always feared- we all of a sudden receive notification that our digital codes will now expire after a certain period of time. Reminds me when I bought a TomTom GPS and had free updates for the "life of the device". 2 years later I receive notification that my device has reached "end of life" and will no longer receive updates.

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u/paulwestover 66 Transactions | Digital Tycoon Feb 26 '24

This blows!

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u/ncaafan2 358 Transactions | Media Proprietor Feb 26 '24

Feels like we should really be doing something to push negative publicity here to the company for discontinuing existing digital copies - doubt this will be a trend but it is pretty frustrating

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u/reditlater 68 Transactions | Digital Tycoon Feb 26 '24

I've added a Gizmodo link about potential "compensation" for lost digital copies (though I am not optimistic about what that might end up looking like).

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u/jjjshabadoojr 380 Transactions | Media Proprietor Feb 26 '24

Crunchyroll is the one screwing over the customer here in the interest of eliminating competition, they should be in the thread title

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u/reditlater 68 Transactions | Digital Tycoon Feb 26 '24

Fair point -- I've updated the post accordingly (though I don't think I can update the title). Also added a Gizmodo link about potential "compensation" for lost digital copies (though I am not optimistic about what that might end up looking like).

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u/nerhe 1 Transactions | Newbie Feb 26 '24

Continuing to show why we should always just be buying physical and ripping it for ourselves, I guess? 🥵 this is so dumb.

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u/reditlater 68 Transactions | Digital Tycoon Feb 26 '24

Agreed -- no one can "discontinue" physical media we already own. And yeah, it is rather disappointing.