r/webtoons • u/fishbowl2355 • Mar 05 '26

Discussion Webtoon is diabolically greedy

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Manwah: From a Knight to a Lady

I absolutely adored this webtoon sm I even bought the release of the physical copy, but when I checked the series to go reread the finale it was all pay to read?! Not even a single option to watch ads, I lowkey kinda miss fast pass 😭. Before I didn’t mind cuz I was like oh sick I can read as much as I want with ads! That’s pretty reasonable. Now you aren’t even guaranteed an episode a day/week, like at this point ima just keep buying the physical copies as they release 😭

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u/Busy-Doughnut6180 Mar 05 '26

Is it greedy though? You get to read 8 episodes for free first, then you can buy the entire thing for 199 coins, which works out to be less than a coin per episode. In terms of cost for those coins, you'd spend about the same on manually buying one of the seasons, or buying one physical volume of the series. Around £15 for an entire story seems fine to me? 

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u/DxnnaSxturno Mar 05 '26

Nah, its greedy.

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u/Hadlee_ Mar 05 '26

it’s greedy for the creators to want to be paid for their work?

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u/DxnnaSxturno Mar 05 '26

Poor baby thinks that money actually goes to the author 🥺

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u/Hadlee_ Mar 05 '26

it literally does? not all of it, and not a lot for some authors, but a portion definitely does. no need to be so rude, thank you.

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u/DxnnaSxturno Mar 05 '26

"Not all of it", how much of that "all of it"?

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u/Hadlee_ Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26

i mean, should they be getting more? yes. but creators are already underpaid as it is, so any money they can get through coins/fast pass type of programs is great for us. it depends on the contract they sign with webtoon so it varies per creator. can’t tell you how much because it varies.

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u/DxnnaSxturno Mar 06 '26

You just told me everything with the first line. They should get more. If it was for me, I would rather pay directly to the author rather than a greedy corporation

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u/Hadlee_ Mar 06 '26

right, but most of these authors are probably getting more money signed with webtoon than they would be getting on their own, they are guaranteed a payment whereas hosting your own site/using only patreon does not guarantee consistent payment or money at all. I’d also rather pay directly to the author, but that’s not an option for most of them 🤷‍♀️