Er, the number of views we get on places like Youtube and 4chan and YTMND seem t...

VMG · on March 21, 2012

Then why do we need The Pirate Bay?

beambot · on March 21, 2012

Distribution, feature set, and lack of DRM?

We recently gave up casual TV and movies cold-turkey. Frankly, the studios and networks just couldn't figure out how to target us properly. I'm not going to pay $120 / mo. to get my favorite channels (eg. Science and NatGeo) just because ESPN has Comcast by the balls. Similar arguments for movies.

FWIW, I don't use TPB either. But I can imagine the appeal of choice, freedom, and having archival copies of the bits locally.

VMG · on March 21, 2012

So people are not satisfied with reddit and youtube and want commercial entertainment?

beambot · on March 21, 2012

Wait, are those two mutually exclusive? Certainly not for me...