I guess I'll add my two cents. I use both direct downloads and torrents (mostly for games, movies and TV), and my vote reflects as such. However, given the chance, I tend to prefer torrents. One of the only exceptions to this is when a file has gotten so rare, old or obscure that no one wastes bandwidth doing P2P with it (at that point it should really be archived somewhere for people to grab, even if only occasionally, though that's a bit out of the context of the thread). Then I start wishing for a direct download XD . It also really just comes down to availability and opportunity. If I can easily get a file I want on a direct download and it's right in front of my face, I will. However, if given the same file either in a torrent or a direct download, I tend to take the torrent.