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The most normal, borderline tech-inept people I know were all torrenting stuff 15 years ago. People I know here in Asia were torrenting American music that they couldn't easily/cheaply find here, and Americans I know were pirating anime subs years before they'd ever get legally released in America.

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At least in North America, torrenting is no longer mainstream. Netflix is too easy. Adults that were previously torrenters barely use a machine that offers a torrent client anymore, it's mostly iPads and phones for casual use.

It is easy to torrent from a phone/device so many good standalone clients. The streaming of popcorn movie time to kodi plugins life is all about streaming but a lot of content still comes from torrents.

Funny. I find WebTorrents a bliss to use compared with Netflix - you wan't me to install WHAT? And then pay how much??? Heeeell no.

Install? Netflix comes with even the cheapest TVs now. It's hard to buy a new TV without it.

Many people, including me, don't want or have any desire for 'smart' TV. Even using somebody else's smart TV makes me want to kill myself. They run like shit, are slow, laggy, and the picture is subpar compared to even cheap monitors, especially for high-def video. The only plus point they have is size but that isn't a problem either if you don't have a 50 foot long living room.

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