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Torrent sites seem to manage it. I don't think it's about cost of digitizing but it certainly has to do with old business model having trouble to adapt.
by olalonde 8y ago
Torrent sites seem to manage it. I don't think it's about cost of digitizing but it certainly has to do with old business model having trouble to adapt.
- seanp2k2 8y agoFWIW a lot of work DOES go into making high-quality releases, running infra, writing tracker code and maintaining high quality, even on torrent sites. Sure, a dedicated small team of passionate individuals can do it in their free time, but it's still work. Also, hosting a torrent file is pretty different from running a streaming service, even if there are more or less turn-key video streaming pipelines out there these days (e.g. https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/streaming/ https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/streaming/ / https://www.ooyala.com/ https://www.ooyala.com/ / https://www.anvato.com/ https://www.anvato.com/ / https://streamspot.com/ https://streamspot.com/ depending on what you're trying to do , live vs hosted content vs subscription vs something more custom )
- ddorian43 8y agoThey can host torrents at least. And then someone will make streaming over torrent (hint).
- austhrow743 8y agostreaming/watching torrents as they download has been a thing for years.
- ddorian43 8y agoThat's what I was implying (hint).
- volkl48 8y agoTorrent sites aren't hosting the content though. They're just hosting some tiny files to connect you to the hosts of the content (seeders/peers) The content (and associated bandwidth demands) comes from those seeding the torrent.