Friday, November 19, 2010

Why webcomics hate Woofy

Awhile ago we had some one who came across the blog through a search for why Web comics hate Woofy so I figured I would give a fairly basic explanation why. The most basic reason for the upkeep of the server. If you had every one just download the web comics through Woofy or some other script you would have a serious drain on a server but method to pay for the bandwidth. The only way most web comics are able to continue there hosting of the comics they need ads to earn them revenue so that they can afford the server hosting. While this issue does arise most people still often complain that people are leeching the bandwidth from the people who read the comic through the site and not through a separate download method. I personally have to disagree with people who complain about web comic downloaders because I use it purely for the purpose of having a backlog of comics so if I go some were with out wi-fi I can simply enjoy a whole bunch of comics and even make up for ones I might not have read. Any ways the next reason why people do not like Woofy is copyright concerns. Some artist's I assume believe that when people download there web comic through something like Woofy there work is being pirated like people pirate games. These claims I find less legitimate as they can just as easily add were to find the site and who the author is under the strip with an extra 10 pixels to the border. Any ways I hope you guys enjoyed my tired rant that should have been written like 3 weeks ago. Also I'm sorry if my writing wanders a lot if you have any questions leave a comment and I'll reply to the best of my ability.