Glad this could be worked out, but honestly, this feels like it did not need to happen publicly in any way. It caused fans to rush to judgment on either side and caused a bit of a mess.
Hopefully the lesson here for ktown4u is that they seek clarification or finish negotiation before making any public statements and that Hanteo is clearer about what they’re requiring for validation – and that K-pop fans wait just a bit more before putting up opinions.
ghiblix on
wow 😳 imo this screams backtracking (presumably after lawyers got involved), but i don’t really care what went down or why as long as ktown can do their business and hanteo will include their sales 🤷♀️
Sukithecatt on
My wish for 2025 is that every company even remotely related to K-pop starts handling their shit in private
PelicanSlapper on
I don’t really buy the fact that they’d speak out to the extent they did over a “misunderstanding” on their behalf, unless they truly are that unprofessional. At the end of the day as long as the sales get counted now who really cares.
ellaellaeheheh17 on
someone found out questioning hanteo was not gonna be great for their business lol people buy there to chart on hanteo.
Kingpander on
Instant capitulation. Now with backdoor NDAs your personal data will be hawked to the mighty hanteo. How much power does hanteo hold. Another indication that we need a decentralized, open chart tracking system.
kontor97 on
Ktown4u didn’t need to bow down to Hanteo, but I guess Hanteo’s sinophobia won in the end
heykittygirI on
Sooo are they handing over the user data or not?
ChoiSeungHyun_ on
After all, Hanteo was right.
Sandwichsensei on
Dang, someone caved immediately.
arthurabatti on
I’m sorry but this is hilarioussssssssssss
guesswork-tan on
I don’t care about charts and whatever, but I have to say that Koreans really seem to know how to apologize.
I’m used to “Sorry if you got offended.”
LordSakuna on
So as I thought they buckled. Lmfaoooooooo a lot of sales data gonna look sus after this gets fixed
Suitable-Database182 on
Okay, but will they send over every personal info or not?
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Source:
* [ktown4u Notice website](https://www.ktown4u.com/bbscont?bbs_type=notice&bbs_no=6790)
[Original context for the ktown4u and Hanteo dispute](https://www.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/1f71b3r/ktown4u_official_statement_on_hanteo/)
Glad this could be worked out, but honestly, this feels like it did not need to happen publicly in any way. It caused fans to rush to judgment on either side and caused a bit of a mess.
Hopefully the lesson here for ktown4u is that they seek clarification or finish negotiation before making any public statements and that Hanteo is clearer about what they’re requiring for validation – and that K-pop fans wait just a bit more before putting up opinions.
wow 😳 imo this screams backtracking (presumably after lawyers got involved), but i don’t really care what went down or why as long as ktown can do their business and hanteo will include their sales 🤷♀️
My wish for 2025 is that every company even remotely related to K-pop starts handling their shit in private
I don’t really buy the fact that they’d speak out to the extent they did over a “misunderstanding” on their behalf, unless they truly are that unprofessional. At the end of the day as long as the sales get counted now who really cares.
someone found out questioning hanteo was not gonna be great for their business lol people buy there to chart on hanteo.
Instant capitulation. Now with backdoor NDAs your personal data will be hawked to the mighty hanteo. How much power does hanteo hold. Another indication that we need a decentralized, open chart tracking system.
Ktown4u didn’t need to bow down to Hanteo, but I guess Hanteo’s sinophobia won in the end
Sooo are they handing over the user data or not?
After all, Hanteo was right.
Dang, someone caved immediately.
I’m sorry but this is hilarioussssssssssss
I don’t care about charts and whatever, but I have to say that Koreans really seem to know how to apologize.
I’m used to “Sorry if you got offended.”
So as I thought they buckled. Lmfaoooooooo a lot of sales data gonna look sus after this gets fixed
Okay, but will they send over every personal info or not?