BitTorrent is a good middle ground between decentralization, adoption and user-friendliness. I think the transport layer is pretty solid, and there’s no need to stick an anonymity layer at the protocol level, as the preferred method might change over time.
Combined with a VPN to handle the anonymity part, I think it’s solid and modular enough.
I like how some projects will allow free non-commercial use, but otherwise require a commercial license or an open-source maintenance fee to use commercially, like Inno Setup, WiX Toolset, etc. It’s honor-based with no real enforcement (so no dealing with serial number, or activation systems), it’s also not an outrageous amount of money and it keeps the project afloat.
I guess that could be done through the TPM 2.0 Endorsement Key (EK), which I believe is stored in the CPU fTPM (and not the motherboard) when dealing with AMD
And Matrix isn’t the only option out there
and good ole IRC
The content creators won’t make the effort unless they have some way to monetize their views though.
I use handbrake with libaacs, libbdplus and an up-to-date keydb
https://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/
With these in place, you can just read and transcode a Blu Ray like any other media.
Considering they’re a huge market for Apple (~70%), I doubt they’ll pull out. And if they do, then too bad.
Most private trackers have a point system where you accumulate points that you can exchange for upload credit, as a mean to provide an incentive to keep less popular torrents active.
That way you can build up your ratio without downloading stuff you don’t want.