There really is no one size fits all answer. They may not even notice the
difference between Popcorntime and Netflix or it could have something to do
with family dynamics or the prevailing attitudes and cultures of different
periods of history.
I was doing very well with my family for a time, but when the Thinkpad T41 I
put together for my father got too old and slow, he splurged on an iBad
because he had wanted one ever since he first saw them on 2001 a Space
Oddyssey in the movie theatres in 1968.
My mom is now running whatever her neighbour's 13 year old replaced her WinXP
install with because he has the proper genitalia to do so and I don't.
My time is better spent alpha testing Blag and gNewSense and doing what I can
to keep my ex husband from getting ripped off by proprietary crudware that
preys on musicians.