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> This marks the end of a period of declining dominance that started two decades ago when BitTorrent reportedly accounted for a third of all web traffic. Weird

> This marks the end of a period of declining dominance that started two decades ago when BitTorrent reportedly accounted for a third of all web traffic. Weird thing to claim because bittorrent traffic is not web traffic at all. > Most pirate sites today are streaming-based and BitTorrent lost pretty much all of its ‘market share’ there too. I don't really agree. Rarbg was a huge loss though. But I don't know anyone that uses pirate streaming sites. And they're so prone to takedowns.

bonki 3y ago
I also don't see the point? Why pirate if you are still streaming? It's all the same downsides of streaming plus some more with no upsides aside from possibly being a bit cheaper. I understand why people pay for streaming, I understand why people pirate files to have something "tangible", I don't understand why people pay for pirate streaming.
- ukuuru 3y ago
  People are not looking for preserverance, they are looking for consumption. Today most of the "content" is created for consumption rather than as creative and artistic endavours. This is why there are recipies for content making like Netflix recipie despite they have some creative movies and series here and there most of their movies and shows follows a strict recipie.
  - bonki 3y ago
    As I said, I get that. What I don't get is people paying for a shitty shady streaming service that's broken and insignificantly cheaper than e.g. Netflix.
    - wkat4242 3y ago
      Paying for things like VPN, torrent trackers etc makes sense because: - You can get anything you want. Not just Netflix' catalog which is small these days - You can keep what you download, even when you stop paying you still own it.
      - bonki 3y ago
        I think you misread. I did say the same thing!
Anthony-G 3y ago
> Weird thing to claim because bittorrent traffic is not web traffic at all. I suspect the opening paragraph (“lede”) may have been written by a sub-editor (or the web publication equivalent). The rest of the article - including the headline – correctly refers to Internet or upstream traffic.

bonki 3y ago

I also don't see the point? Why pirate if you are still streaming? It's all the same downsides of streaming plus some more with no upsides aside from possibly being a bit cheaper. I understand why people pay for streaming, I understand why people pirate files to have something "tangible", I don't understand why people pay for pirate streaming.

ukuuru 3y ago
People are not looking for preserverance, they are looking for consumption. Today most of the "content" is created for consumption rather than as creative and artistic endavours. This is why there are recipies for content making like Netflix recipie despite they have some creative movies and series here and there most of their movies and shows follows a strict recipie.
- bonki 3y ago
  As I said, I get that. What I don't get is people paying for a shitty shady streaming service that's broken and insignificantly cheaper than e.g. Netflix.
  - wkat4242 3y ago
    Paying for things like VPN, torrent trackers etc makes sense because: - You can get anything you want. Not just Netflix' catalog which is small these days - You can keep what you download, even when you stop paying you still own it.
    - bonki 3y ago
      I think you misread. I did say the same thing!

Anthony-G 3y ago

> Weird thing to claim because bittorrent traffic is not web traffic at all. I suspect the opening paragraph (“lede”) may have been written by a sub-editor (or the web publication equivalent). The rest of the article - including the headline – correctly refers to Internet or upstream traffic.