In its farewell message, 123Movies encouraged users to support the industry by paying to watch the latest films and TV shows.

“We’ve been providing links to movies and shows for years. Now it’s time to say goodbye,” the message read. “Thank you for being our friends and thanks for staying with us that long. Please pay for the movies/shows, that’s what we should do to show our respect to people behind the movies/shows.”

123Movies saw around 98 million visitors from around the globe every month.