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OT: Guess I am missing something but who is actually watching torrents (or has the time) in times of Netflix, Twitch, Youtube, Fortnite?

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sammex 8y ago
people who enjoy quality movies
simion314 8y ago
Not all good shows and movies are legally available around the world, so even if you had the money to pay you can't. Youtube and twitch are limited, you can;t watch a good SciFi movie on youtube .
- fromalex 8y ago
  Yeah I know but is it really all the hassle? There's tons of great stuff on Netflix. If you are really into video then all those monthly subs won't kill you. Plus amenities like where did I stop watching, great clients for any platform, always top-notch quality up to 4K, multiple languages incl. subtitles. A decade ago torrents made sense. Then, official offerings were rare/poor/expensive but now? The current most expensive productions come from Netflix and Amazon and cost you few bucks a month... Edit: You changed your post, so my reply above doesn't fit anymore. However, in which countries is Netflix not available?
  - senorjazz 8y ago
    what hassle? During the day: go to torrent site click link watch film that evening. Browse video review sites of new releases, find a film to watch. No more hassle that finding a film on netflix. Only extra hassle is, you have to click a link a few hours before you want to watch it. I have not used US netflix, but torrents have more content than the netflix I have seen (UK and Latin America)
    - fromalex 8y ago
      In some countries, torrent consumers' IPs are tracked and they get sued => hassle. Besides, I have all Netflix, Amazon Prime, Twitch Prime. The last time I watched any of them is months ago, I am too busy with life to watch some random torrents I have to download hours before.
      - ozzmotik 8y ago
        also it would appear that some isps tend to analyze network traffic looking for certain content hashes over dht, and automatically reporting them to content owners. source: lol me three times :^)
      - literallycancer 8y ago
        Literally no one ever gets sued where I'm from. The highest video quality that Netflix offers is worse than even a bad rip, since their demographics don't care.
      - senorjazz 8y ago
        I don't think people are watching random torrents. Well, I am not. I see a film review, or someone will tell me about a program / film / documentary / series. I will grab the torrent and watch it at the weekend once the kids are in bed and have a couple of beers > Besides, I have all Netflix, Amazon Prime, Twitch Prime. Sounds like it would be more hassle for you to find out which service has the content you wanted to watch, then just going to a torrent site that is 99% sure of having it ;)
    - zulln 8y ago
      Around here gigabit-internet is quite common, so on a decent tracker it would be enough to start the download before making the popcorn.
    - wolco 8y ago
      Even easier go to the piratebay and stream as you go.
      - 8y ago
  - r3bl 8y ago
    Yeah, there is — if you live in a western state. There's mostly just originals everywhere else. While some of them are fun to watch, I find it increasingly difficult to justify its price. What else is there? Hulu is US-only, YouTube Red/Premium is only available in about two dozens of countries, and you end up paying for Prime for nothing since most titles will appear as unavailable. Music streaming... can be done, but video streaming is far from a viable option for the majority of the world.
  - twic 8y ago
    > Yeah I know but is it really all the hassle? There's tons of great stuff on Netflix. If i want to watch a specific movie, then i want to watch that specific movie, not some random other item of "great stuff".
    - senorjazz 8y ago
      I think this is the difference between what some people are saying (us) and the others. I cannot speak for anyone else, but I guess I am older than most here, have kids and not much spare time. I don't just sit down and consume media for the sake of it. There will be something that I want to watch, so I download it and specifically watch that program / film / whatever. Torrents meet this need perfectly. I can always find what I want. Good quality, no streaming issues (I have crappy internet). If I had all evening, every evening as my own, to do as I wish, how I wish, then perhaps all these new services would be better, as you could just find "something" to waste a few hours watching. But I don't. I have a few specific hours where I want to watch something I have specifically chosen.
  - simion314 8y ago
    There is also the case where you don't watch the Netflix or HBO popular series, like you remember some how from 25 years ago when you were a kid but you did not see all the episodes and or want to see it again, if you are lucky you can find it on a torrent. There are also websites where you just search what you want and click on play.
s_y_n_t_a_x 8y ago
Probably people who don't want to watch the same movies/shows over and over.
senorjazz 8y ago
netflix content is crap in a lot of countries outside major western countries. youtube doesn't have films / series twitch, I don't really know what this is, I thought it is where you watch people play games? Why the hell would I want to watch this? fortnite, I think is a game? Again, why would I want to watch this? Also, a lot of places connection speeds make streaming difficult, so downloading a torrent to watch later that evening makes sense
- VikingCoder 8y ago
  "youtube doesn't have films / series" Yes, it does, if you pay. It works the same as Google Play Movies.
  - BoumTAC 8y ago
    but it cost 5 euros for only one movie, so nobody use it. Netflix doesn't have much content outside of US. So torrents are still a huge thing
    - ozzmotik 8y ago
      well there's also youtube premium that has premium content by well known creators, both episodic and cinematic in nature.
  - senorjazz 8y ago
    This is world wide? I have never seen it advertised, or have any idea of what content they have
  - xbmcuser 8y ago
    It now has free original series as well. Just search for YouTube originals
- fromalex 8y ago
  What I meant: nowadays, there is such a huge and great offering for your media consumption needs and all of the above are competing for your airtime. All are so good that it got quite tough for all the market players. The urge to watch some stellar movie as a torrent is not that big anymore as years ago because of the good competition.
bluedino 8y ago
Isn’t that how “fire sticks” get their content? Lots of people talk about using those for free.

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sammex 8y ago

people who enjoy quality movies

simion314 8y ago

Not all good shows and movies are legally available around the world, so even if you had the money to pay you can't. Youtube and twitch are limited, you can;t watch a good SciFi movie on youtube .

fromalex 8y ago
Yeah I know but is it really all the hassle? There's tons of great stuff on Netflix. If you are really into video then all those monthly subs won't kill you. Plus amenities like where did I stop watching, great clients for any platform, always top-notch quality up to 4K, multiple languages incl. subtitles. A decade ago torrents made sense. Then, official offerings were rare/poor/expensive but now? The current most expensive productions come from Netflix and Amazon and cost you few bucks a month... Edit: You changed your post, so my reply above doesn't fit anymore. However, in which countries is Netflix not available?
- senorjazz 8y ago
  what hassle? During the day: go to torrent site click link watch film that evening. Browse video review sites of new releases, find a film to watch. No more hassle that finding a film on netflix. Only extra hassle is, you have to click a link a few hours before you want to watch it. I have not used US netflix, but torrents have more content than the netflix I have seen (UK and Latin America)
  - fromalex 8y ago
    In some countries, torrent consumers' IPs are tracked and they get sued => hassle. Besides, I have all Netflix, Amazon Prime, Twitch Prime. The last time I watched any of them is months ago, I am too busy with life to watch some random torrents I have to download hours before.
    - ozzmotik 8y ago
      also it would appear that some isps tend to analyze network traffic looking for certain content hashes over dht, and automatically reporting them to content owners. source: lol me three times :^)
    - literallycancer 8y ago
      Literally no one ever gets sued where I'm from. The highest video quality that Netflix offers is worse than even a bad rip, since their demographics don't care.
    - senorjazz 8y ago
      I don't think people are watching random torrents. Well, I am not. I see a film review, or someone will tell me about a program / film / documentary / series. I will grab the torrent and watch it at the weekend once the kids are in bed and have a couple of beers > Besides, I have all Netflix, Amazon Prime, Twitch Prime. Sounds like it would be more hassle for you to find out which service has the content you wanted to watch, then just going to a torrent site that is 99% sure of having it ;)
  - zulln 8y ago
    Around here gigabit-internet is quite common, so on a decent tracker it would be enough to start the download before making the popcorn.
  - wolco 8y ago
    Even easier go to the piratebay and stream as you go.
    - 8y ago
- r3bl 8y ago
  Yeah, there is — if you live in a western state. There's mostly just originals everywhere else. While some of them are fun to watch, I find it increasingly difficult to justify its price. What else is there? Hulu is US-only, YouTube Red/Premium is only available in about two dozens of countries, and you end up paying for Prime for nothing since most titles will appear as unavailable. Music streaming... can be done, but video streaming is far from a viable option for the majority of the world.
- twic 8y ago
  > Yeah I know but is it really all the hassle? There's tons of great stuff on Netflix. If i want to watch a specific movie, then i want to watch that specific movie, not some random other item of "great stuff".
  - senorjazz 8y ago
    I think this is the difference between what some people are saying (us) and the others. I cannot speak for anyone else, but I guess I am older than most here, have kids and not much spare time. I don't just sit down and consume media for the sake of it. There will be something that I want to watch, so I download it and specifically watch that program / film / whatever. Torrents meet this need perfectly. I can always find what I want. Good quality, no streaming issues (I have crappy internet). If I had all evening, every evening as my own, to do as I wish, how I wish, then perhaps all these new services would be better, as you could just find "something" to waste a few hours watching. But I don't. I have a few specific hours where I want to watch something I have specifically chosen.
- simion314 8y ago
  There is also the case where you don't watch the Netflix or HBO popular series, like you remember some how from 25 years ago when you were a kid but you did not see all the episodes and or want to see it again, if you are lucky you can find it on a torrent. There are also websites where you just search what you want and click on play.

s_y_n_t_a_x 8y ago

Probably people who don't want to watch the same movies/shows over and over.

senorjazz 8y ago

netflix content is crap in a lot of countries outside major western countries. youtube doesn't have films / series twitch, I don't really know what this is, I thought it is where you watch people play games? Why the hell would I want to watch this? fortnite, I think is a game? Again, why would I want to watch this? Also, a lot of places connection speeds make streaming difficult, so downloading a torrent to watch later that evening makes sense

VikingCoder 8y ago
"youtube doesn't have films / series" Yes, it does, if you pay. It works the same as Google Play Movies.
- BoumTAC 8y ago
  but it cost 5 euros for only one movie, so nobody use it. Netflix doesn't have much content outside of US. So torrents are still a huge thing
  - ozzmotik 8y ago
    well there's also youtube premium that has premium content by well known creators, both episodic and cinematic in nature.
- senorjazz 8y ago
  This is world wide? I have never seen it advertised, or have any idea of what content they have
- xbmcuser 8y ago
  It now has free original series as well. Just search for YouTube originals
fromalex 8y ago
What I meant: nowadays, there is such a huge and great offering for your media consumption needs and all of the above are competing for your airtime. All are so good that it got quite tough for all the market players. The urge to watch some stellar movie as a torrent is not that big anymore as years ago because of the good competition.

bluedino 8y ago

Isn’t that how “fire sticks” get their content? Lots of people talk about using those for free.