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Given the technical restrictions on sharing illegal content, due to copyright laws shutdown of websites etc., sharing illegal content isn't that easy to do. Tha

by rkangel 11y ago

Given the technical restrictions on sharing illegal content, due to copyright laws shutdown of websites etc., sharing illegal content isn't that easy to do. That someone has managed to do it in as user friendly a manner as they have, putting everything in the industry to shame (apart from Netflix) is in an indication of the failings of the industry. Netflix is a great product that falls down only in terms of content. If Netflix had more TV shows as box sets, and new episodes of currently being broadcast TV seasons, I would happily pay 10 times as much as I do (no exaggeration) and never use anything else legal or otherwise. The resistance that the established industry has to making deals to enable that sort of service is the reason that Popcorn Time can beat them.

eli 11y ago
Hollywood isn't in the moving bits around industry. That was never the hard part. It's like saying you improved Photoshop by making a cracked version that's easy to download.... Users might be happy, but imagine you work at Adobe.
- 1stop 11y ago
  That's not really true. The big studios are distributors of the content. They traditionally sold to Cinemas, and had DVDs made, etc. The fact they missed the boat on digital distribution is completely their fault...
  - k-mcgrady 11y ago
    They're also investors in the creation of the content.
  - eli 11y ago
    Sure and Adobe is distributor of Photoshop, but I wouldn't really say they're in the "downloading install files" business.
nonick 11y ago
Netflix is great, I guess. I would know for sure if they were available in my country. Same as Pandora, Spotify etc.
- Bladegunner 11y ago
  Try out a vpn, like hola. (note: only have hola active while you are using it, there are some security risks using it.)
  - Flimm 11y ago
    You still need a debit/credit card for that country.
    - kalms 11y ago
      No, actually you don't. When I visit the States, or when using a VPN, I get the US version just fine, at least with Netflix.
      - StavrosK 11y ago
        How do you pay for it?
  - hobarrera 11y ago
    So break one law instead of another. There's no advantage to a VPN versus TPB, and you're still ilegally downloading the show (since the licence for the mentioned websites state that it cannot be exported, etc).
flavor8 11y ago
> Netflix is a great product that falls down only in terms of content ...and app UI. Have you ever tried to drive your chromecast with the netflix app? It's buggy as hell, doesn't display comments, doesn't display related content, and has a horrible search experience. I half believe that it's bad deliberately as a way to cover up holes in their content.

by rkangel 11y ago

eli 11y ago

Hollywood isn't in the moving bits around industry. That was never the hard part. It's like saying you improved Photoshop by making a cracked version that's easy to download.... Users might be happy, but imagine you work at Adobe.

1stop 11y ago
That's not really true. The big studios are distributors of the content. They traditionally sold to Cinemas, and had DVDs made, etc. The fact they missed the boat on digital distribution is completely their fault...
- k-mcgrady 11y ago
  They're also investors in the creation of the content.
- eli 11y ago
  Sure and Adobe is distributor of Photoshop, but I wouldn't really say they're in the "downloading install files" business.

nonick 11y ago

Netflix is great, I guess. I would know for sure if they were available in my country. Same as Pandora, Spotify etc.

Bladegunner 11y ago
Try out a vpn, like hola. (note: only have hola active while you are using it, there are some security risks using it.)
- Flimm 11y ago
  You still need a debit/credit card for that country.
  - kalms 11y ago
    No, actually you don't. When I visit the States, or when using a VPN, I get the US version just fine, at least with Netflix.
    - StavrosK 11y ago
      How do you pay for it?
- hobarrera 11y ago
  So break one law instead of another. There's no advantage to a VPN versus TPB, and you're still ilegally downloading the show (since the licence for the mentioned websites state that it cannot be exported, etc).

flavor8 11y ago

> Netflix is a great product that falls down only in terms of content ...and app UI. Have you ever tried to drive your chromecast with the netflix app? It's buggy as hell, doesn't display comments, doesn't display related content, and has a horrible search experience. I half believe that it's bad deliberately as a way to cover up holes in their content.