anybody else feel like the arse is falling out of the nzb download world?

[hblandford]

Are we a dying breed? Seems streaming is taking over and honestly it makes a lot more sense than consuming shit tons of disk space and download time. I love the underbelly sense of danger of downloading content, but with everything getting shut down by the Man, I just dont know how much longer we can live this close to the edge before we too are absorbed into the Borg. I've donated/registered to a bunch of nzb sites that have been shutdown over the years and end up losing money on all of them. Not alot and not enough to be worried about, but still a pain in the ass. Especially those ones I had to do with bitcoins - that involved actually leaving my spaceship and going out amongst the Walkers. Scary shit, right? Anyway, filesharingtalk.com is awesome. I'm donating today. Just hope it doesnt meet the same fate as the rest of the breathers.

[donutfunky]

Higher and more readily accessible download speeds definitely make streaming much more accessible. With more and more content providers coming into the fray to challenge the Apples, Netflixes and Amazons of the world, content costs are coming down as well which pose a significant challenge to physical and stored media. A few years ago "cloud" seemed like THE buzz word of the moment in technology but now, it's actually becoming more a turbulent shift than people expected.

Totally with you on FST but it'll be interesting to see how the filesharing world evolves.

[K1rkl4nd]

I'm still old fashioned and like having a local copy I can decide to put on a device and take with me, not be subject to the whims of some copyright holder. I literally have over 2500 dvds in my basement that I consider "mine". Not that this gives me any moral high ground for any downloading, but for the most part anymore it is tv shows that I could just dvr at my leisure, I just like to pound out a season on my terms and schedule. Also, too many shows I'd like to watch aren't available for streaming. And if they ever do show up, they will probably have alternate music thanks to the RIAA...

[theemaster]

anybody else feel like the arse is falling out of the nzb download world?

Definitely, yes and my usenet roots are 2000-2001 (back before unlimited) So to me it's not just nzb it's the core usenet (who has time to download headers? and headers basically just create DMCA takedowns to I think)

I would say usenet is dying for data collectors and the last nail in the coffin should be something easier.

You know what's interesting is.. usenet doesn't have to die.. it can be saved (for those not in the know usenet is 30-40 years old.. umm it's birthday is in some debate ) but from my awareness to save it as a file collecting medium including keeping our NZB way of doing it (thanks to newzbin) it just doesn't seem to be happening...

[Beck38]

I literally have over 2500 dvds in my basement that I consider "mine". Not that this gives me any moral high ground for any downloading, but for the most part anymore it is tv shows that I could just dvr at my leisure, I just like to pound out a season on my terms and schedule. Also, too many shows I'd like to watch aren't available for streaming. And if they ever do show up, they will probably have alternate music thanks to the RIAA...

I have over 10K of SD/DVD's (including a fair amount of tv shows) and ramping past some 1.2K+ HD movies/tv shows as well, on disc (dvd5/8/BD25) and on local RAID array streaming around the house.

Streaming services, like Netflix/Amazon/Cableco/Satco, are pretty lame quality wise compared to BR disc, quality is around the level of the recoded to 5Kb/s MKV's on P2P or usenet. Piss poor in other words. Also, of course, eats up your bandwidth (and soon if not already be heavily stomped on by ISP's due to recent SCOTUS rulings, if not adding to b/w caps and such).

I have about 7TB of captures off those, mostly movies which aren't available on BR as of yet (and may never be). But that's why.

Those recent SCOTUS rulings are probably going to kill Netflix/Amazon and others. Only streaming from your local cableco/telco are going to be 'exempt' from their tolls.

[davidchu234]

I think that the Streaming World is growing, but its so hard to find what you want if its obscure, old, or whatnot. Having our own large collections is great because it doesnt matter if its new old popular obscure we just have what we like (obviously we downloaded it) at our fingertips to share and stream as we please.

[srs911tech]

i agree the streaming world is growing but i too like to have a hard copy, call me 'old fashioned'

[birdseye]

Things have definitely gotten harder in the usenet world the last year or so. I also use streaming services (Netflix, Amazon, occasional On Demand) and I love being able to stream through different devices while being able to pick up where I left off. Streaming only works for older stuff though and the selection is somewhat limited. That said, usenet is still very useful for keeping up with newer stuff or adding older stuff to my collection.

[frinky1]

Sure, streaming is growing, but the studios don't want netflix and others streaming movies the day they're released on blu-ray. They studios keep imposing longer "black-out" windows so that the streaming option isn't available until a film has been out on blu-ray for 2+ months.

[bullie29]

I like the option of moving media to a mobile device, don't always have a connection so streaming is not an option some times.
They can live side by side in which ever ecosystem in my opinion.