I know, I do

Surely this won’t cause problems for all the people that lost their 2FA cause they refused to pay money for it

You’re not wrong but the original season was very popular and that’s what I was mostly talking about

Because for the last decade till Netflix and Disney got involved the standard for anime was simulcasting, AKA subbed here and available for viewing same day as Japan (or within a few hours) and it led to a big anime boom and discussions and watch alongs especially for r/anime. Binge releases just don’t have the same fanfare around them

Look at Jojo’s bizarre adventure, that series got HUGE on r/anime and other subs thanks to Jojo Fridays and the monster discussion threads and since it was weekly releases it was easy to form the routine to follow it for a casual watcher

This most recent iteration Part 6, had been Netflix exclusive and dropped in the binge model format with episodes ever few months and the show is now basically dead in terms of online discussion

Another example Edens Zero is the new manga from the maker of Fairy Tail, it was getting some decent hype as an interesting potential watch and then it went to Netflix and now you can barely find western discussion of it outside its own subreddit. Seven Deadly sins similar situation that show was big in Japan, Netflix model release and it’s so so much less known in the west

The binge model does not work for anime, fans expect and want simulcasts

If you're gonna buy and gut like this what's even the point?