i have a theory that the sudden rise of MTLs is part of a strategy that the manhwa companies is doing. its a 3 birds with 1 stone strategy bcs theres a chance by making low quality translation people will be urged to buy official translation, even if people buy the MTLs translation thats also income to the manwha company, and definitely its marketing for new stories bcs deep down they know piracy helps with marketing. think about it after bato was banned in january not long after we notice a lot of MTLs (low quality AI translation) surging.
i have a theory that the sudden rise of MTLs is part of a strategy that the manhwa companies is doing. its a 3 birds with 1 stone strategy bcs theres a chance by making low quality translation people will be urged to buy official translation, even if people buy the MTLs translation thats also income to the manwha company, and definitely its marketing for new stories bcs deep down they know piracy helps with marketing. think about it after bato was banned in january not long after we notice a lot of MTLs (low quality AI translation) surging.