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Is BitTorrent more convenient than Netflix?

sgift 8y ago
Depends on what you want to see. If Netflix has it in your country in your language of choice: Netflix wins, else BitTorrent wins.
iotku 8y ago
Torrents are very inconvenient compared to many streaming services. Therefore, you would expect most people to opt for Netflix. (And by and large I'd expect Netflix to be more popular in mass than tormenting at this point for places where it's available.) But what if it's not available where you live (That's inconvenient), doesn't have the content you want (That's inconvenient), or you want a file you can play offline that isn't allowed to be downloaded on the Netflix app? Convenience wins almost every time, but not having the option to do something (be it for lack of $$$ or availability) isn't convenient so that's when more people turn to piracy.
- sidhu1f 8y ago
  My statement (as can be seen from its GP post) uses convenience to mean ease of use, not in the titles available sense that you (and the two following posts) do.
bfuller 8y ago
No but there are piracy streaming apps that are more convenient than netflix.
15charlimit 8y ago
Far more convenient when you consider that Netflix's catalog of reasonably mainstream as-seen-in-theaters movies has been shrinking for years. As the end user I don't care "why" their catalog has been shrinking, I only care that something I watched last year and want to watch again is no longer available on that service. And no, I'm not going to sign up for a dozen different services just on the off chance that one of them will have what I want to see at any given point.
mullingitover 8y ago
In my experience in the last five years, Netflix's batting average for actually hosting movies I want to see is around 20%. In terms of convenience, if they don't have the movie at all it's kind of like dividing by zero.
wolco 8y ago
No but it is more convenient than lesser known streaming services like popcorn or certain kodi plugins that don't work well.

Depends on what you want to see. If Netflix has it in your country in your language of choice: Netflix wins, else BitTorrent wins.

iotku 8y ago

Torrents are very inconvenient compared to many streaming services. Therefore, you would expect most people to opt for Netflix. (And by and large I'd expect Netflix to be more popular in mass than tormenting at this point for places where it's available.) But what if it's not available where you live (That's inconvenient), doesn't have the content you want (That's inconvenient), or you want a file you can play offline that isn't allowed to be downloaded on the Netflix app? Convenience wins almost every time, but not having the option to do something (be it for lack of $$$ or availability) isn't convenient so that's when more people turn to piracy.

sidhu1f 8y ago
My statement (as can be seen from its GP post) uses convenience to mean ease of use, not in the titles available sense that you (and the two following posts) do.

bfuller 8y ago

No but there are piracy streaming apps that are more convenient than netflix.

15charlimit 8y ago

Far more convenient when you consider that Netflix's catalog of reasonably mainstream as-seen-in-theaters movies has been shrinking for years. As the end user I don't care "why" their catalog has been shrinking, I only care that something I watched last year and want to watch again is no longer available on that service. And no, I'm not going to sign up for a dozen different services just on the off chance that one of them will have what I want to see at any given point.

mullingitover 8y ago

In my experience in the last five years, Netflix's batting average for actually hosting movies I want to see is around 20%. In terms of convenience, if they don't have the movie at all it's kind of like dividing by zero.

wolco 8y ago

No but it is more convenient than lesser known streaming services like popcorn or certain kodi plugins that don't work well.