On: The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017)

[Momquist]

> But, at least for me, the industry has done a decent job of competing with piracy on convenience.

It has, but the fragmentation that you mentioned is starting to seriously erode this progress. If the situation worsens on this front, I can definitely see a resurgence of piracy, again because of convenience.

[tshaddox → Momquist]

That’s true. I should also say that I watch a lot less content than I did in college and before, so that’s another big contributing factor.

[tracker1 → Momquist]

Agreed.. I'm paying for Amazon Prime, Netflix and Hulu... I'm not paying for another service at this point. Not to mention UK content I can't get at any price. I also pay for a seedbox in another country to avoid local issues.

[Tijdreiziger → Momquist]

The convenience factor is already catered to by illegal streaming sites mentioned in the article.

Anecdotally, out of the people I know, only two still pirate, but a lot use illegal streaming sites.