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by Quekid5 2825 days ago
It's a really bizarre situation that BitTorrent is actually the most convenient consumption mechanism if you want a lot of diverse, specific or old content. All you have to do is be behind the "new releases" by a month or two and wait a few minutes for the downloads to complete, but that's a minor issue.

I think it ultimately is caused by: a) content is not fungible, and b) content-delivery platforms (Netflix, HBO, whatever) cannot seem to agree on cross-licensing the content. This means that they simply cannot deliver the convenience of torrented content. For some reason this translates to "we must protect our content with even 'stronger' DRM" in the business-peoples' minds, but piracy isn't the root of the problem.
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SSLy 2825 days ago
>All you have to do is be behind the "new releases" by a month or two and wait a few minutes for the downloads to complete, but that's a minor issue.

Well, even that can be a non-issue if you have access to the better indexers, be it P2P or Usenet.

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close04 2825 days ago
I pay subscriptions to services like Netflix and Amazon Prime and still end up downloading lots of the same stuff from... alternative sources simply due to the convenience that confers.

Anything bad that happens to the companies or entities that are responsible for shoving this crap down customers' throats is their doing alone.

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