Physical hard drives are cheap, but cloud storage and data caps are not. A "better" 480p dual audio file of Ninja Assassin can be stored on a USB stick inside your car glovebox. When you are on a flight without Wi-Fi, that 480p file is infinitely superior to the 4K stream that won't load.

The better file is the one that plays instantly on your old laptop, switches seamlessly from Rain's original Korean battle cries to English exposition, and fits in a 500MB pocket without turning the bloody final fight into a blurry mess.

Yet, more than a decade later, a peculiar string of search terms continues to dominate forums and file-sharing sites: