“Even better” is relative. Some people like having media stored locally instead of relying on torrent streaming availability.

Usenet streaming sounds cool, but with releases being DMCAd so frequently, I don’t see how it would be practical for anything but the most recent content.

Also, I imagine that Stremio without Debrid (or equivalent) is kind of a terrible experience most of the time.

I tried it once and it barely worked at all. Plex would just show everything as unavailable. Really awful experience even when it did work.

If you're not worried about black-ish pixels, it's surprisingly reliable.