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As a commenter on Hacker News, I have to expect you don’t have the same criteria for ‘user experience’ as most. You probably consider a rich command-line interf
by bertil 13y ago
As a commenter on Hacker News, I have to expect you don’t have the same criteria for ‘user experience’ as most. You probably consider a rich command-line interface as good UX (and you should). People around me tend to be baffled by that idea.
More to the point: What ‘most of the Internet’ is in this instance is Click-on-vignettes; what you probably refer to as user experience is working codecs. Both are, with things lack of obtrusive ads -- let me guess: you use AdBlockPlus, so you never noticed how common web torrent sites are laced with them?
- corin_ 13y agoI do agree that there's a technical level needed for pirating content, but its not a high level, I know people who can barely send emails but have learned to torrent TV shows. Personally, I wasn't talking about thinks like command-line interfaces, and in fact I don't use any adblocker (I make my money buying adverts, don't want to be too hypocritical). For me the key "user experience" pirated content offers is a.) availability - there's no georestrictions, no waiting for content to arrive, etc. and b.) Getting "ownership" of the files - no worries about DRM screwing up, no being locked into specific software, etc. Sure there are areas in which pirating sucks, such as terrible adverts, misleading torrents, etc. It all comes down to balance. For me, I'll pay for content, but if I've paid for it I'll usually grab it illegally just to make its use easier. That may not make it legal, but at least ethical. For my parents, well my mother is reasonably tech-savvy (for a 60 year old, at least) and she prefers using stuff like Netflix, whereas my dad is completely un-tech savvy, yet has learned to torrent his favourite American TV shows so as not to have to wait for them to arrive in the UK.