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I'm seeing that a lot too. Netflix killed piracy with price and more importantly convenience. But the extreme fragmentation of the streaming market is driving p

I'm seeing that a lot too. Netflix killed piracy with price and more importantly convenience. But the extreme fragmentation of the streaming market is driving people back to the torrents. They don't want to sign up somewhere for every new show that they hear about. The industry is killing itself this way. Netflix is just the first to take the hit because they have the largest market saturation.

creakingstairs 4y ago
Soon there will be some service that bundles up all the streaming services into one service. They might even call it cable :p
- emidln 4y ago
  They call these services "private trackers" and "VPNs". They're inexpensive and probably have a better UX than whatever other five streaming sites you'd otherwise have to use put together.
  - Sakos 4y ago
    Don't even have to do that. There are tons of "free" streaming sites out there that have a decent interface and a massive library that blows every single paid service out of the water.
    - maneesh 4y ago
      Fmovies.to is an excellent example. Any others you know of?
- bryanrasmussen 4y ago
  Actually sort of have that in Denmark, in Yousee - can't really see anything about it https://tv.yousee.dk/ https://tv.yousee.dk/ without being logged in but they have an online cable service which also allows you to take content from HBO, ViaPlay etc. as well as current content from free tv and cable you are signed up for. They also offer HBOMax, Netflix, and Disney+ but when you take those as your media offerings you have to use the various sites which I think is a mistake (probably they have to do it that way because of contractual requirements) but obviously if you use up your potential media selections from an YouSee account on other providers at some point you probably think why am I using YouSee?
- lostlogin 4y ago
  > They might even call it cable Don’t go back that far. Newsnet is far superior.

creakingstairs 4y ago

Soon there will be some service that bundles up all the streaming services into one service. They might even call it cable :p

emidln 4y ago
They call these services "private trackers" and "VPNs". They're inexpensive and probably have a better UX than whatever other five streaming sites you'd otherwise have to use put together.
- Sakos 4y ago
  Don't even have to do that. There are tons of "free" streaming sites out there that have a decent interface and a massive library that blows every single paid service out of the water.
  - maneesh 4y ago
    Fmovies.to is an excellent example. Any others you know of?
bryanrasmussen 4y ago
Actually sort of have that in Denmark, in Yousee - can't really see anything about it https://tv.yousee.dk/ https://tv.yousee.dk/ without being logged in but they have an online cable service which also allows you to take content from HBO, ViaPlay etc. as well as current content from free tv and cable you are signed up for. They also offer HBOMax, Netflix, and Disney+ but when you take those as your media offerings you have to use the various sites which I think is a mistake (probably they have to do it that way because of contractual requirements) but obviously if you use up your potential media selections from an YouSee account on other providers at some point you probably think why am I using YouSee?
lostlogin 4y ago
> They might even call it cable Don’t go back that far. Newsnet is far superior.