2. I want to support the artists who make my media financially, and doing that on an individual basis would be too inconvenient.
3. I know what I’m getting, P2P was always a gamble.
4. Current streaming services (movies and videos) have a significantly better UX that isnaccessible to anyone.
Once this process is compete and the silos are created Napster will rise again.
In my case it's strictly a case of availability - I happily pay for Netflix, Amazon Prime and Spotify as well as whatever software I use. I wish the content creators would wise up to this - Steam solved this issue for gaming years ago.
Napster's popularity was not because of P2P or something else. The only reason Napster succeeded was convenience. Bittorrent cannot be the successor because it is not as convenient.
> In my case it's strictly a case of availability - I happily pay for Netflix, Amazon Prime and Spotify as well as whatever software I use.
Everyone pays now because it is convenient to pay at 2-3 places for all your needs. Once you have to start paying at a separate place for every different series/movie you want, you will stop paying. It is not only about availability. It is about availability AND convenience
And Steam is facing the same issues as Netflix with Epic Store and Origin breaking away because EA and Tim wanted more money.
Video and other content is much more of a mixed bag with very fractured availability and simple lack of availability under a subscription for a lot of content.
I think the TV and movie industries haven't felt the effects of piracy like the music industry did in the heyday of P2P, there's a big difference between the behavior of the music industry who'll sign a contract with any reasonable streaming provider and that of say, HBO or Disney who want full control of their content.
That is like eating in McDonnalds to support the workers there.
You mean you want to support the big media corporations that make good artists available to you...
Just making sure that you know what you are doing.