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I am overseas (in Spain) and we definitely felt this "peak content availability" thing, maybe not as marked as in the US but it was there. A few years ago, most

I am overseas (in Spain) and we definitely felt this "peak content availability" thing, maybe not as marked as in the US but it was there. A few years ago, most of the content one would want to watch was on Netflix. There was no HBO, some prominent HBO series like Game of Thrones were on standard TV. So most people just subscribed to Netflix, and watched GoT on regular TV with ads or pirated it if they wanted to watch it earlier or get rid of the ads. Now with content split between Netflix, HBO and Amazon, and threats of other players like Disney incoming, my anecdotal observation is that plenty of people is going back to piracy. Conversations like this one (about the fragmentation of the market and exclusives incentivizing piracy) are common here too. At my home, we don't pirate but what we do is switching subscriptions from one service to the other every few months, which is unnecessarily annoying.

ghaff 8y ago
>At my home, we don't pirate but what we do is switching subscriptions from one service to the other every few months, which is unnecessarily annoying. Which is probably closer to the norm. I rarely use torrents, not out of any great moral imperative, but because it's a pain, involves sketchy web sites, etc. However, the fragmentation of video streaming is also annoying even though it's what lots of people supposedly wanted when they complained about the cable bundle. And, yes, the response will mostly be make do with a few services and either do without or buy a la carte for the rest or actively manage your current subscriptions. (Of course, a typical cable bill will pay for a lot of different services for cord cutters.)
- xur17 8y ago
  > Which is probably closer to the norm. I rarely use torrents, not out of any great moral imperative, but because it's a pain, involves sketchy web sites, etc. A lot of that difficulty is an up front cost. Once people get annoyed with streaming options enough to start pirating, getting them to switch back to paid options is going to be even harder.

ghaff 8y ago

>At my home, we don't pirate but what we do is switching subscriptions from one service to the other every few months, which is unnecessarily annoying. Which is probably closer to the norm. I rarely use torrents, not out of any great moral imperative, but because it's a pain, involves sketchy web sites, etc. However, the fragmentation of video streaming is also annoying even though it's what lots of people supposedly wanted when they complained about the cable bundle. And, yes, the response will mostly be make do with a few services and either do without or buy a la carte for the rest or actively manage your current subscriptions. (Of course, a typical cable bill will pay for a lot of different services for cord cutters.)

xur17 8y ago
> Which is probably closer to the norm. I rarely use torrents, not out of any great moral imperative, but because it's a pain, involves sketchy web sites, etc. A lot of that difficulty is an up front cost. Once people get annoyed with streaming options enough to start pirating, getting them to switch back to paid options is going to be even harder.