Only 8% of users re-watch at least 60 sec of the same videos in 2 month

doublevr if I like a scene I download. I share internet so streaming isn't great to me. If I download then I do not worry about lag.

I’ve taken my horse out of the race on this one as I went lifetime 2 1/2 years ago, but if this slow movement towards streaming only that you keep setting up with these posts (and comments in all the other posts) continues, you’re going to lose a lot of subscription renewals.

And these cherry-picked statistics and meaningless graphs say nothing. There’s a perception thing you’re not taking into account here. Take away people’s choices little by little, and soon enough they’ll stop choosing you.

Please stop this.

I only download, and I watch most of this content several times. My favorites movies, more than a dozen times.

I will never pay for streaming only porn. I can survive with my downloaded porn the rest of my life.

doublevr it actually does stop at all

The FANZA releases are at dozens of chinese P2P sites the same day.

doublevr For me it is a meaningless debate. I like to watch VR porn, movies or series, with the highest picture quality.

But companies impose streaming crap on us, Netflix looks crappy compared to a Blu-ray 4K, and porn looks crappy on streaming, compared to the downloaded version. Even more so VR, where realism is the most important thing. If the image looks blurry and sometimes there is stuttering, it breaks the immersion. Not to mention the energy and Internet costs of constantly streaming. And the cut in rights it means for the paying consumer.

Mandatory streaming is the greatest technological absurdity of our time. As an option it's fine for lazy people who don't mind watching movies and porn with mediocre quality. Wanting to impose it seems very irritating to me.

The same as VR with smartphone quality that Facebook wants to impose on us now with its Quest, and the 10-year setback in the graphic quality and depth of games..

Streaming is only an advantage for the companies and for the lazy or casual, and a defeat for those of us who want the highest image quality with no strings attached.

I don't know if your real problem is downloads, or that there is no DRM.

I think most people who pay for downloads, never pirate them or share them with anyone. I don't. And there are many of us who want to pay for content even if it's available for free pirated, one click away. Because it's fair to pay for the work of others. But in return, we want to be able to download that content so we can use it with our players, our settings, and in our own way. Without that freedom that streaming and DRM steal us, many of us would stop subscribing. Me the first.

doublevr

Why do you keep fighting this battle? Even though I rarely download SLR content, and SLR is by far my favorite website, your agenda on this is kind of tiresome.

Also, when I signed up for lifetime, it was with the understanding that I could download the content I wanted within the limitations that were in place at the time. I'm sure other users thought the same. Now there are stricter limits. I don't blame people for being upset. It really doesn't impact me, but it seems like you're rubbing your users' faces in the changes you've made to limit downloads.

You can tell that you're approaching it wrong when you're starting to get on the nerves of people like me, who don't really care that much about the issue.

One advantage to downloading is that it seems like the higher quality videos play better when they are on my local drive. But maybe that is just my perception.

BTW, I do download a lot of content from other websites, because I like to use the SLR app to play them.

Natch And there are many of us who want to pay for content even if it's available for free pirated, one click away. Because it's fair to pay for the work of others.

Same here. If I can pay for something or get a pirated copy, I always opt for paying, because I want creative people to be able to continue to create and earn a fair living. I think most people who can afford it feel the same way.

That said, I'm not sure what I would do if I was truly not able to afford content I wanted.