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>The reason people don't use torrents as much as they used to is because people are afraid of getting sued by their ISPs and content owners. do you have any pr
by bfuller 9y ago
>The reason people don't use torrents as much as they used to is because people are afraid of getting sued by their ISPs and content owners.
do you have any proof of this? That may be one reason, but surely streaming and availability to buy on itunes/amazon etc has to be a factor.
- cocktailpeanuts 9y agoIt's one of the reasons. Did I say it's the absolute singular reason behind all this? Streaming services cost you money, and if you study microneconomics, humans are rational animals that always tend to move towards maximizing their gains, which is calculated by subtracting cost from benefit. And there are many factors involved here. The ISP suing people problem causes people to decide between mental cost and financial cost. If you know what you're doing and have an efficient workflow that doesn't cause you to have a lot of mental cost, then you may use torrents, but otherwise for most people the mental cost overweighs the financial cost, and that's why many people switched over.
- bfuller 9y agoYou said the reason. You didn't say one of the reasons.