I will grab the occasional file that really interests me, but lately since I've discovered sites like Flixer or streamvaults, I will just stream the shows and movies that I'm curious about but don't really feel the need to collect.
Been free streaming forever. I'm in my 50's and started with downloads to floppies. For a time over the years we had external drives with favorite TV and movies but we haven't used them in years. Our kids all free stream too. They've never known any other way.