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It's a more convenient method for some to pirate content, as it requires comparatively little set up. Think: Netflix but yaaar. You pay upkeep but they ensure content is there (as best as possible).
Other similar options include things like Flixify and FMovies.
It always surprised me folks into self hosting prefer pirate streaming. That's still someone else computer - I'd rather D/L it myself when possible. I get it though - some of the services are very good and near Netflix level convenient.
The main reason in this case, is because I live in Germany, so I'll be fucking executed, if I get caught pirating.
I already payed a thousand euros a few years ago when I was caught seedimg "Her" (I forgot to turn on my VPN). That's when I decided to never do anything risky again, so I got a debrid service. That's fine, because no actual seeding is now happening through my ip.
The debrid services do the torrenting, you only download from cache. So debrid services are safe in Germany. I'd still look into Usenet though. It costs more but is super fast and very safe.
I just have qbitorrent set to only use the VPN adapter in the settings, so if I open it and the VPN isn’t connected it just doesn’t work.