Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Toward Piracy

Re:Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Tow... by wil421 on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @10:12AM (#18978749)

Complete automation, no seeding, less risky download sources, less risk of your ISP complaining about BitTorrent traffic, and an almost nil chance of getting a nasty legal letter for seeding.

Plus the Usenet servers are usually much faster than torrents. With Gigabit I am seeing much faster speeds.

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Re:Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Tow... by anonaut on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @10:44AM (#18979134)

You should look into private trackers... I have the same setup for german content (there are no german trackers that have good seeds/content/moderation and api) but for english stuff torrents are still the king if you have the right trackers (ptp/btn/hdb and even 2nd and 3rd tier trackers are all fine). Any listed disadvantage doesn't exist with private trackers, and it doesn't even cost a cent - unlike usenet subscription and indexer.

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Re:Rise of Netflix Competitors Has Pushed Consumers Back Tow... by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @10:23AM (#18978867)

What's the yearly fee look like?

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