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Re:Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List by CapitalistCartr on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @09:04AM (#12692390)
Sure they have. Torrents are popular and effective. They work great. The studios clearly prefer we use them; their repeated decisions leaving them as the sole functional choice show that.
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Re:Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List by kbart on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @09:17AM (#12692499)
Exactly. And as a bonus point, they can force governments to draconian DRM laws citing "billions of revenue lost to piracy".
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Re:Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List by pforpineapple on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @10:43AM (#12693278)
"The studios clearly prefer we use them" : what do you mean ?
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Re:Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @11:40AM (#12693829)
I think it's safe to say he, sarcastically, is implying that failure to match the ease of getting torrents of movies means that movie studios are by default leaving torrenting as the best way to watch. Thus they seemingly endorse torrenting by offering no proper competition.
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