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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
Question 1: ANY video can be downloaded and thus pirated. So it really doesn't matter if you stream or allow downloads. The only metric I care about is which way helps with rebills (more $). With my specific business model I personally find letting Members download the videos = stronger rebills. That's just me. (We also have feeds that stream-only so really it's a mix of the two.) But it ties into...
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Ding, ding ding... it isn't just you. We tried doing just streaming for several years (waaaay back) and it hurt the rebills (and trial conversions) of sites that did not have downloads. We also tried doing downloads for first few weeks of release and still, members did not agree. We then allowed streams and buried the downloads below. Members were happier and reviews got better. We also tracked what they were clicking on throughout these phases and we found that it was a very small segment that was actually downloading anything. It was just the illusion that they couldn't "own" the videos they paid for also the review sites were negatively impacting opinion.