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Maybe for 1080p. It's 10-15GB for 4k.

I think we can all agree 1080p is "good quality", right? Your average pirate probably isn't demanding 4K quality, I imagine.

I'd be amazed if a majority of people were downloading 4K movies these days.

Yeah, the majority are probably not, but i'd prefer to download at the highest quality available.

Then you understand "How do they handle abuse though? Like, people using it to host, say, pirated TV shows?" remains an open question.