I've been 100% YARRRR! since 2001ish with usenet, back when you could get it for free, then kazaa and limewire and gnutella then then torrents.
The "convenience" of netflix didn't change anything. I currently have access to 100% of the world's output of content, the day it is released or sooner, I own it forever, and I can share with my friends without limitations, and no ads or other marketing is "suggested" to me when I browse my library. No "legitimate" service offers anything close to these features at any price.
This aint a genie that is going back into the bottle. Fortunately for the media owners there is a frontload of effort to learn the tech and set everything up, which will keep normies from going this route.
Installing a torrent client, using a vpn to avoid the copyright jannies, setting up a media player, downloading subtitles. Can be daunting if you didn't grow up with the technology, just like modern video game controllers are intimidating to boomers but they can understand a 4 button NES controller easily enough.
Then the web trackers searches are in the grayweb so have to browse with enough shields up to avoid AIDS but still keep the JS and 3rd party reference security loose enough that the sites function.
Then its maintaining a media library and getting it from your pc to your viewing location. Nowadays plex and smart tvs make it super easy but it used require an htpc setup which not many people were willing to keep up.
You can teach anyone who knows a bit about computers how to do it all in an hour but most people would rather just shell out for netflix or disney than pay attention to nerd shit for that long.
I've been 100% YARRRR! since 2001ish with usenet, back when you could get it for free, then kazaa and limewire and gnutella then then torrents.
The "convenience" of netflix didn't change anything. I currently have access to 100% of the world's output of content, the day it is released or sooner, I own it forever, and I can share with my friends without limitations, and no ads or other marketing is "suggested" to me when I browse my library. No "legitimate" service offers anything close to these features at any price.
This aint a genie that is going back into the bottle. Fortunately for the media owners there is a frontload of effort to learn the tech and set everything up, which will keep normies from going this route.
...Installing a torrent client?
VPN too, your ISP will hit you hard with "legal notices" if you don't use one.
Not in the UK. I've been pirating literally everything for 20 years and never heard a single squeak.
Lucky dog, it's not like that stateside.
Installing a torrent client, using a vpn to avoid the copyright jannies, setting up a media player, downloading subtitles. Can be daunting if you didn't grow up with the technology, just like modern video game controllers are intimidating to boomers but they can understand a 4 button NES controller easily enough.
Then the web trackers searches are in the grayweb so have to browse with enough shields up to avoid AIDS but still keep the JS and 3rd party reference security loose enough that the sites function.
Then its maintaining a media library and getting it from your pc to your viewing location. Nowadays plex and smart tvs make it super easy but it used require an htpc setup which not many people were willing to keep up.
You can teach anyone who knows a bit about computers how to do it all in an hour but most people would rather just shell out for netflix or disney than pay attention to nerd shit for that long.