&gt; The problem there of course is the &quot;as long as people were interested in having it&quot; part.<p>The problem is that ISP are actively trying to constrain torrents with deep packet inspection or ongoing surveillance of other centralized bodies. Torrents would see a much more widespread use if such barriers were removed.<p>&gt; The UX of peer-to-peer file sharing will always be more complex than &quot;go to this WWW URL&quot; if just to avoid the free-rider&#x2F;spam problem.<p>For the end user, clicking on a torrent has zero UX issues. That&#x27;s why torrents took off so easily in the first place, and why they still exist nowadays.