All Webrips are not equal. I didn’t say anything about their bitrate, and I clearly specified the source. Maybe you should look at what’s out there instead of assuming. I’ve been grabbing Amazon Webrips for quite a while now (not just TV episodes, but fantastic looking rips of movies not out on Blu-ray also). Absolutely zero problems with stuttering or playback or any of the nonsense that you were again assuming must exist based on your experience.
Free streams from most of the network look like crap. Hulu is occasionally underwhelming, too. They’re also not widely available in the wild for that reason. Don’t lump them in with Amazon and Netflix just because of your clearly limited anecdotal evidence.
It’s pretty sad that Amazon streams in much higher quality than what you can purchase from iTunes. Apple led the way with high-quality streaming music years ago when they doubled the bitrate of songs they offered. They seriously need to step up their game with video now. It’s embarrassing how crappy they look by comparison. But at least they are always butter smooth lmao