Comment by askafriend
7 years ago
$10 a month for more content than I know what to do with is such a cheap price to not have to deal with the pain of torrenting.
If it was $20 per DVD like in the past, the pain of torrenting was far less than the pain of the cost of buying your favorite movies.
I really think it's that simple. This value equation alone means that a majority of people won't care enough to go the extra length to participate in torrent communities. They'll just pay a small $10 a month to watch whatever they want, whenever they want, on any device, anywhere. That'll kill the incentive right from the start.
> They'll just pay a small $10 a month to watch whatever they want, whenever they want, on any device, anywhere.
Unfortunately this doesnt exist. I would gladly pay it. Netflix isnt it either, no matter how much they pretend they have all the content, the movies which I am interested in, I have to torrent, because they simply arent on netflix. Their library is so bad that my first instinct is "oh lets look for a torrent" instead of "lets check netflix if it has it" when I want to watch a movie.
If only the $10 a month would actually give you a good value for your money then I would gladly pay them $50 a month starting today.
- They mostly host newer movies and series. If you want something older, tough luck.
- Ads for other shows. Annoying. I can go to the recommended section if I want to. They should be opt-in, not opt-out. Not to mention the clunky UX to turn them off (and I am pretty sure that's by design so less people opt out).
- Flaky connection sometimes -- and I have a gigabit link at home. Yes the internet is a complex graph and it might not be their fault, I know. That's fair but it's not my fault as well. And when I pay money I feel entitled to good service. The tech details are their problem, not mine.
Torr3nting is very often not done just because somebody is a scumbag and wants to see Brad Pitt go broke. T0rrenting many times is done because (a) you get the entire content and can later watch it anytime you wish, including repeteadly, without lags, buffering or quality drops, (b) because it gives you the option to watch offline when you are off the grid -- like I download gaming tournaments from Twitch and put them on my tablet, and (c) the paid services are not good enough.