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by huffer 1525 days ago
It may depend on how the whole ecosystem evolves: if the competition starts doing similar stuff, then you would have no alternative but to stick with one of them and accept the introduction of ads.

That's the funny thing about oligopoly, you know...

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P2P doesn't have ads and doesn't look like it's going away.
The success of Netflix came as it was more convenient to use it than to download. If all streaming service are not seen as convenient everybody will be back to "old" download strategy.
You are in a bubble if you think the average netflix subscriber knows how to download using bittorrent or usenet.

And did those who knew and were inclined to pirate ever really stop?