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Re:Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be by nddrylliog on Friday June 01, 2012 @03:17PM (#4055165)
Yup, that seems to be a stupid policy.

Anyway, linking to Netflix/others is nice in theory but clutters the interface. Until we find a good solution for that, we won't do it.

Re:Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be by zanny on Friday June 01, 2012 @05:47PM (#4056008)
It is a defensive posture against the mafia. Netflix is already bent over backwards as movie distributors try to run it into the ground with overt contracts, so they force them to use policies like these because they have the backwards idea that sharing will go away when they put their fingers in their ears and go lalalalala you don't exist.
Re:Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be by nddrylliog on Friday June 01, 2012 @06:05PM (#4056086)
Oh, yes, I can definitely guess the thinking behind it, I'm just saying this thinking is antiquated and doesn't work well in 2012.
Re:Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be by veridies on Friday June 01, 2012 @10:09PM (#4056736)
But if you offer a link to any Watch Instantly-available film in the same frame as the torrent links, I think that would be great. Same with Amazon's and YouTube's streaming movie offerings.
Re:Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be by nddrylliog on Saturday June 02, 2012 @02:55AM (#4057343)
Working with the dexy.tv guy to make that happen for US visitors.

As for the others, there's no much we can do I'm afraid. We'll help where we can, but the offer is too fragmented in Europe right now!