>>14279749But it's literally true. If you want something on demand via downloading you'll either need a reliable download source or a torrent and just getting it that way could take hours depending in the file host or number of seeds, which is way too long for something you want to use once, now. Either that or you have to keep it on your drive and have it take up space.
With streaming, you can start playing instantly and you don't need to save space for it.
>muh qualityIf it bothers you that much it's your problem, I'm used to using grainy still images from cheap magazines and Web 1.0 sites and streaming quality is already good enough for most people.