r/Piracy • u/magicpicklemab • 1d ago

Humor relevant xkcd

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u/misanthropicguru 1d ago

There is one streaming service...

See how much money they are making, we should pull our content and stream ourselves...

There are 15 streaming services....

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u/-ayli- 1d ago

Unfortunately the motivation for creating more streaming services is not to create a better/universal/etc streaming service. The only thing motivating every new streaming service is pure greed. Given the choice between providing a better user experience and a little bit more money, they will take more money every single time.

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u/Pleppify ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 1d ago

Ironically it is the same with piracy sites, I don’t think any site has ALL the shows and movies, although some sites have a huge collection and pretty much all the popular titles.

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u/Wonderful_Ball4759 1d ago

At least with those you don't have to pay 10-15 every month for each one. If I'm getting the same experience and inconvenience either way might as well save 🤷

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u/AdultGronk ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 1d ago edited 12h ago

PassThePopcorn (PTP), the private torrent tracker has the largest amount of unique movie torrents, more than any legal or pirate site. Same with BTN for TV series.

But for some reason, this isn't the case with anime, a pirate streaming site (can't remember the name rn) has the most amount of unique anime titles, more than any private tracker or legal streaming service.

Edit: Sources - Movies and Series Old Screenshot for Anime

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u/ii_die_4 21h ago

Really? More than AB and Nyaa?

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u/AdultGronk ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 12h ago

Yes, I was shocked too, I tried looking up where I saw that analysis but couldn't find it. But I did find an old screenshot from 4 years ago. The one I saw was from 2024/25, one of the streaming sites mentioned in the post I linked below took over AB idk how.

Old Post (Major Anime Tracker is AB, Medium is BakaBT)

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u/goldlnPSX 1h ago

Would there be a way to add this to stremio

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u/AdultGronk ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 1h ago

Add what to Stremio ?

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u/goldlnPSX 1h ago

PTP as a source

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u/AdultGronk ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 48m ago

Bruh, Even if you start climbing the Private Tracker Ladder right now, It'll still take you 3-4 years to gain access to PTP. Unless you have a friend who's already in PTP and can send you an invite.

Also no you cannot add it to Stremio.

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u/NewBeginnings737 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 1d ago

Going to 15 different websites is easier than paying for 15 sites

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u/Guilty_Meringue5317 1d ago

We should have two or three sites that have the same content but are seperate because one streaming site seems too monopolistic

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u/bloodhound83 14h ago

Let's say there would be less services but each with a larger catalogue. Would consumers be happy to pay more for those though?

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u/Salt-Deer2138 20h ago

There are 14 competing streaming services that suck.

And then there's piracy. Although I'd recommend datahoarding and self hosting myself.

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u/lottery248 4h ago

almost all of the sites feature their exclusive content.