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Assuming Netflix has what you want to see, it is way way more convenient than torrenting. Typing in the name of the movie/show in the search bar, and clicking
by winter_blue 11y ago
Assuming Netflix has what you want to see, it is way way more convenient than torrenting.
Typing in the name of the movie/show in the search bar, and clicking it all takes less than 10 seconds.
Searching for a good torrent takes at least a minute, downloading it can take 15 minutes to an hour. At best, it needs a total of 1000 seconds -- 100x what Netflix requires.
Life is too short to waste 1000 seconds on something that takes 10 seconds, just to save $8.99 a month, especially if you're a developer...
- song 11y agoI have a good connection, so usually downloading a torrent of an HD movie takes 5 minutes (20-30 megabyte/s). On the other hand for some reason netflix often seems to think that I can't watch movies in HD or has small issues with streaming. So I sometimes actually download a torrent of a movie that I started watching on Netflix. Likewise for Game of Thrones, I have a subscription to a TV channel in my country that has all the latest HBO shows but I download them because the quality is better.
- unprepare 11y agoalt+control+shift+s brings up the streaming menu while streaming netflix. From there you can manually select the highest bitrate, so your stream stays in HD - you can also use a different CDN which may have a better cache. Also, could your ISP be throttling your netflix connections? mine (AT&T) does this regularly, so i use my VPN connection when i stream netflix and have no more issues. Just thought I would share what worked for me
- song 11y agoThanks I'll try that.