The war between Netflix and Amazon Prime Video makes hacking even more cool – BGR

While the Netflix streaming service was still in its infancy on the Internet, the conventional wisdom was that it would kill hacking. Studies have shown that the launch of Netflix in a new country was correlated with a decrease in the number of torrents, which made it even more popular for users' inner peace and encouraged rights holders to think that it was l & # 39; future.

But, according to a new study, the progress in the fight against piracy has run out of steam, not just because of Netflix. Networking company Sandvine has published a report showing that after several years of decline, BitTorrent traffic – a rough measure of piracy – has rebounded.

Although the report can not measure the exact reasons for the increase in piracy, Cam Cullen, a Sandvine leader, has some theories. "More sources than ever before produce" exclusive "content available on a single streaming or streaming service – think The iron Throne for HBO, Room of cards for Netflix, The servant's tale for Hulu, or Jack Ryan for Amazon, "says Cullen." To gain access to all these services, the cost is very high for a consumer, who must therefore subscribe to one or two and hack the rest. "

Distribution systems are still focused on television, which is also a contributing factor according to Cullen. "Many of these exclusive series are based in the United States and are not well distributed internationally. People download it because they do not have access to the content, "he explains. "Game of Thrones is so popular that unless it is released exactly the same time around the world, users will download it as soon as it is available anywhere. Since these numbers were taken in June for this edition, no episode of Game of Thrones has come out, so consider these figures depressed by the maximum! "

There is no obvious solution in mind because streaming is always popular, and all major streaming companies – and even Wannabe readers like Apple – are investing billions of dollars in their own original content. Cable bundles may be down, but if they are replaced by the need to spend $ 100 a month and remember five separate connections, we may not be better off.

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