This morning (May 4), many social network users simultaneously shared information that a website specializing in sharing movie subtitles officially announced its shutdown, surprising many people.
According to research, this website called Subscene (subscene.com), established in 2005, is the largest address for sharing movie and TV show subtitles globally. Although Subscene is not the only website that provides free subtitles, it is very popular around the world.
Thanks to Subscene, a simple, easy-to-use interface, with a variety of languages and almost every movie ever released, movie lovers do not encounter language barriers and can comfortably watch their own movies. favourite.
Now, if you access the website subscene.com, you will only see the words “Subscene is closed”, all data is no longer accessible.
The closure of the free website for users to download Subscene subtitles made many people regretful, and some people expressed anger.
Around Subscene's closure, there are many speculations about the cause, that the administrator cannot maintain his brainchild economically. About 2 months ago, there was a post on the Reddit forum mentioning this issue, saying that because of funding issues, the administrator would close Subscene.
There are also other rumors being made, that Subscene's administrators do not want this archive to continue, so they do not sell or transfer it to another party with the conditions to continue to maintain it. It is unclear what the reason is.
In addition to the problem of Subscene operating for free, causing this website to not have enough money to maintain, in recent years, many online tools have developed, users have formed the habit of watching movies online, no longer downloading to storage devices. then watch the movie. Or if not, viewers also prefer to save movies that already have subtitles, rather than using the method of downloading subtitles individually to their device. These factors lead to a sharp decrease in traffic.
To change the situation, some users launched a donation drive on Patreon to raise funds for the Subscene website.
If Subscene really closes permanently, this will be a big loss for movie lovers.