Spent $60 on a Crunchyroll membership for the wrong reason

I thought paying for Crunchyroll would get me ad-free anime, but I mostly just wanted to watch one specific show from 2012 that wasn't on any free sites. Turns out the membership gave me access to Simulcast stuff I didn't care about, and the old show still had ads on it. I learned you gotta check the fine print on what's actually ad-free before you pay. That $60 could have bought me the Blu-ray box set of that show instead. Anyone else get burned by assuming what a subscription covers?

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patricia_lee10d ago

Oh man, that's brutal. I did basically the same thing last year with a different streaming service. Paid for the premium tier thinking it got rid of everything, but nope, certain older shows still had the same old ads baked in. I was so annoyed I couldn't even finish what I was watching. Ended up cancelling after one month and just buying the DVD set off eBay for half the price. Felt real dumb for not checking the fine print first.

caseyfox10d ago

$60 for a Blu-ray box set sounds like the smarter move honestly, old shows barely get any love from streaming services.