[sashimy]

> With cheap music streaming services such as spotify, apple music and google play as well as video streaming such as netflix and amazon, does anyone need bittorrent anymore?

Yes people need bittorrent, first of all "cheap" is subjective, not everybody can afford to pay each month to watch movies/series and listen to music. Then there is a limit to what can offer Netflix or Amazon for example: I love movies and I watch a lot of them at the theater and at home but I can't find any Cronenberg's or Lynch's (yes I like Davids) movies on Netflix/Amazon. Even finding them on DVD/Bluray is difficult sometimes even with classics.

And there I am talking only about big directors movies, I am french and watch a lot of french movies but when I try to find old ones or just some with low budget it is nearly impossible besides torrents.

So yes we need bittorent/stremio but I wish we don't and that culture will be available to everyone someday.

[icebraining]

Americans often fail to realize that catalogs of these services are usually smaller (often much smaller) in other countries. You can actually watch, say, Eraserhead on many platforms - if you're in the US. But try that in a small country, even in the EU, and you're out of luck.