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Exactly, convenience is the most important part and here is where netflix et al has failed miserably. 1. All clients suck immensely. 2. The catalog is really
by tjoff 9y ago
Exactly, convenience is the most important part and here is where netflix et al has failed miserably.
1. All clients suck immensely.
2. The catalog is really poor.
3. DRM. I don't think you could describe inconvenient better than with those three letters.
If I could pay, say $30 a month, to legally pirate (not from any official source even) any movie/series I want I'd pay that in a heartbeat ($30 is still more than I consume if I were to buy it in a store). But now I don't have any service because it isn't worth it. I don't get the convenience and I don't get a decent catalog and I would have gotten it with DRM.
- kelnos 9y agoI'll grant you #2 since tastes vary and even the catalog varies from month to month. But for the vast majority of people, #1 isn't true, and #3 is irrelevant. Neflix's (growing) subscriber numbers are all the evidence you need for that.
- tjoff 9y agoThat #1 and #3 is "acceptable" is simply because there are no (legal) alternatives.
- kelnos 9y agoI'm not really sure what you're looking for, then. Your wish for the ability to "legally pirate" content makes no sense, since by definition that's an oxymoron.
- tjoff 9y agoWhat I'm saying is that pirating is still much more convenient and results in a vastly superior experience than paying. Which is rather sad.
- kelnos 9y agoI don't agree with that. I'm a technically inclined person who has in the past done a ton of pirating, but nowadays I will always reach for a legal streaming service first. I actually do find, say, using Netflix much more convenient than firing up a usenet or torrent client and pulling down a video that takes 5-10 minutes to download. And that's just me. The masses of non-tech-savvy people out there don't want to deal with pirating things. For these people, paid services are far, far superior.
- Spivak 9y agoNetflix's client has some warts but if you're looking for a specific movie or show it completely gets out of your way. HBO and APV have somehow managed to make it difficult to find things you know are already there.