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I used pirate streaming websites as a kid, but I thought fewer people use them today because the video quality sucks. Any stats on the percent of people using them over time?


Not really my focus, you'd have to hunt about.

This is current:

  According to research conducted by NERA Economic Consulting and the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation and Policy Center, over four-fifths of all online piracy-related activities are linked to illegal streaming websites. This trend is especially prominent in the TV and movie industry.
~ https://dataprot.net/statistics/piracy-statistics/

but vague on details, there are many sources quoted by no drill down on methodology, context, details that matter to nerds, etc.


Modern piracy sites have 1080p standard. Many titles are in 4K and 720p.


Oh I've noticed that, but the 1080p bitrate is horrible. Looks more like upscaled 480p DVDs




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