Gravity cat wrote...
godsend wrote...
Gravity cat wrote...
Why the fuck would anyone download porn when we have porn streaming websites?
2 reasons:
1. I like my media (audio, image, video) to actually be recognizable. Not in 240p.
2. Because the buffering from those sites takes goddamn forever. And I rarely have long. Torrenting hentai? I can do that in the background and never even have to open the window.
1) Quality of streamed porn isn't that bad. If you can't see 240p then you need your eyes checked. Also by downloading you're inviting yourself up to viruses; managed to kill my old computer that way.
2) I've never had a problem with buffering. If you're experiencing problems your ISP is shit or you're using too much bandwidth on other things.
But I guess each to their own.
1. Hence, sites like nyaa for trusted torrents. Thousands of seeders can't go wrong. Plus, a lot of those streaming sites use weird video players that buffer weird here, or doesn't let me fast forward without crashing. Not to mention, torrenting can be done discretely while streaming leaves a tab on your browser that anyone could see.
2. 3rd world countries, Mikey-poo. Ever thought of them? Whereas 1Mbps is a standard for most Western countries, I'm here struggling to download at even 100kbps, and that's the peak. If my shit is gonna go slow, I might as well download the full thing in advance and watch later when I do have time.
And to answer your original question of why download rather than stream, space isn't that expensive, and it makes local sharing of the love easier. (^: