Distributed is much more swat proof, and the clear way to go because it reduces the SPOF of a single domain or API taking everyone down.

Popcorn Time proved to be another Lavabit doomed to fail as expected... you need Popcorn Time beauty and ease of use with distributed "netflix meets TPB meet Wikipedia meets i2p" voting and metadata corrections to ensure the system is as reliable as the number of reachable users, not subject to some half-assed, un-swat proof central SPOF servers that don't have at least as good hosting and security as TPB.