The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017)

Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by wpietri on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:29PM (#16362412)

Yeah, I've been happily using Netflix on Linux for years. (As well as on an Android tablet and a Roku box for my projector.) Like many others, I'm entirely happy to pay money for content; my torrenting was about convenience.

I'll still torrent when I buy a movie on DVD, because it's way easier to download than to rip it myself.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by xur17 on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:50PM (#16362623)

I've been fairly happy with it on Linux, but it still drives me crazy that despite paying for a 4k plan, the best I can view in my browser is 720p. I'm guessing it's a piracy prevention mechanism, but I'm not sure there's much value in this as it's released in 4k on torrent sites within an hour of the release.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by jug on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:57PM (#16362694)

You can happily use Netflix on Linux, but not in 1080p. :(

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