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"People want to stream." They don't. Huh? http://widgets.alexa.com/traffic/graph/?r=1m&y=r&z=1&h=300&w=470&c=1&u%5B%5D=youtube.com&u%5B%5D=thepiratebay.org&u%

• jerf 18y ago
  Per my last parenthetical comment, youtube doesn't actually "stream", and it's also fairly easy to download youtube videos directly, last I knew. Interesting tidbit, no? But my point isn't that people aren't flocking to "streaming" sites. It's that if you gave them the choice between a forced stream, like the way Netflix streams movies, or a file that downloaded as quickly as possible, persisted, and could be viewed as it came in if your connection is good enough, they'll take the second one every time. The only way "streaming" wins is when it has something that isn't available that second way. (Or people don't realize it's available, or, gasp, don't actually want to break the law to get it.)