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Using a pirate streaming service such as stremio is literally no more difficult than netflix. I think you underestimate how many people pirated things before n

Using a pirate streaming service such as stremio is literally no more difficult than netflix. I think you underestimate how many people pirated things before netflix existed.

yoz-y 4y ago
When it was still called popcorn time I used it. It was easy to use, but it was far from being as reliable as any other commercial streaming service. Buffering was very common and subtitles were missing or would de-sync a lot.
- johnnyanmac 4y ago
  people forgive a lot of hiccups and quality issues when the service is "free". I see the same sentiment in the emulation scene where people will in one breath call a game "playable" despite weird graphical hitches, slowdowns, and crashes. And in the next breath berate some remaster because it dips under 60 FPS in a few moments of gameplay.
jeffbee 4y ago
Wow, there's a "stremio" button on my TV's remote control? I can't find it. I have a feeling that the definitions of "difficult" and "literally" are unknown to you.
- breakfastduck 4y ago
  I think we have a very different concept of 'difficult'. You seem to treat people as if their baseline is very, very low.
- BeetleB 4y ago
  Yes - people don't get that most folks want to watch on the TV without involving any browser.
jasonlotito 4y ago
> Using a pirate streaming service such as stremio is literally no more difficult than Netflix. Nope. Just tried it. Literally not. It gives me the option to play movies, but nope. Can only play trailers. There are addons, but they seem to use Torrent. I have no interest in streaming up to other people and redistributing the data. Is that set up automatically, or does it reuse my internet connection without informing me? Also, with Netflix, I don't have to worry about copyright issues. Does streamio make that as easy? None of this sounds literally as easy. And again, literally cannot play a movie I can easily play on Netflix.

Using a pirate streaming service such as stremio is literally no more difficult than netflix. I think you underestimate how many people pirated things before netflix existed.

yoz-y 4y ago

When it was still called popcorn time I used it. It was easy to use, but it was far from being as reliable as any other commercial streaming service. Buffering was very common and subtitles were missing or would de-sync a lot.

johnnyanmac 4y ago
people forgive a lot of hiccups and quality issues when the service is "free". I see the same sentiment in the emulation scene where people will in one breath call a game "playable" despite weird graphical hitches, slowdowns, and crashes. And in the next breath berate some remaster because it dips under 60 FPS in a few moments of gameplay.

jeffbee 4y ago

Wow, there's a "stremio" button on my TV's remote control? I can't find it. I have a feeling that the definitions of "difficult" and "literally" are unknown to you.

breakfastduck 4y ago
I think we have a very different concept of 'difficult'. You seem to treat people as if their baseline is very, very low.
BeetleB 4y ago
Yes - people don't get that most folks want to watch on the TV without involving any browser.

jasonlotito 4y ago

> Using a pirate streaming service such as stremio is literally no more difficult than Netflix. Nope. Just tried it. Literally not. It gives me the option to play movies, but nope. Can only play trailers. There are addons, but they seem to use Torrent. I have no interest in streaming up to other people and redistributing the data. Is that set up automatically, or does it reuse my internet connection without informing me? Also, with Netflix, I don't have to worry about copyright issues. Does streamio make that as easy? None of this sounds literally as easy. And again, literally cannot play a movie I can easily play on Netflix.