There is an opening for a very beginner friendly pirate platform to rise again. Not because nobody wants to pay exactly, but because doing it legally is complex now.
No. Popcorn time was a massive free rider/tragedy of the commons problem and a new version of it will continue to erode the good parts of piracy culture that exist.
If you're too lazy to contribute effectively to these cultures, you should just keep paying for Netflix or IPTorrents.
Yes, popcorn time failed, but I was referencing the thing where it had once made inroads with non-technical people in some part because of the ease and not just the "Free" part.
Culture matters. Understand what maintains it. Protect it.
It's like you're complaining about the eternal september except focused on people that didn't make any posts.
What contribution are people expected to make? Why does culture or level or tech aptitude matter if they're not interacting with anyone?
If this is just about seeding duration that can be adjusted.
> What contribution are people expected to make? Why does culture or level or tech aptitude matter if they're not interacting with anyone?
Again, if you don't understand how popcorn time was tragedy of the commons, I'm not going to sit here and lay it out for you. Fact of the matter is, piracy does not need to be made more accessible, and doing so would be a grave danger to the good parts of its culture.
I understand how tragedy of the commons works just fine. I just don't understand why culture matters if you're not talking to someone and they're not breaking anything. And they're not going to be on a private tracker.
It's true that I've never been on a reputable private tracker, but every time I've looked at one it had an obnoxious process to join that has nothing to do with my ability to seed lots of bits for a long time.
That process did its job of filtering you out quite well. Thanks for confirming my suspicion on the dot!
2. Could you please address the phrase "has nothing to do with my ability to seed lots of bits for a long time".
Unless you think "inexperienced with private trackers" is a disqualification for joining one...?
That's damage to Netflix, Hulu, and etc. What was the damage to piracy?
Piracy culture is human ecology.
This became more clear to me a couple weeks ago when my Boomer parents started exploring 'cutting the cord'. To get them access to everything they are now being offered by their cable company (including multiple on-demand streaming options) won't actually save them that much money and would introduce a nontrivial amount of hassle.
They still may be doing it, but it's going to involve a lot of help from me. I almost would rather have just paid them the difference to not deal with it. I suppose teaching our elders the new ways has some value in itself... I just need to keep telling myself that...
Tons of ad spam, but seems to work eventually.