Originally Posted by baryl

Not to defend illegal tubes but they aren't quite as bad as file lockers.

Say I'm a surfer that loves a particular paysite. I can go on a tube, comb through tens of thousands of videos and maybe find one or two poor quality videos from my favorite paysite.
Or I can go to a file locker and get a full, up to date complete rip of that site in full HD quality plus the same for hundreds of other sites for a price that's a fraction of a membership.

There's many ways to compete with a tube but no way to compete with a file locker.