AV1 encoding is extremely slow (hours per movie even on an i9 CPU), and hardware decoding is still rare (Intel Arc, Nvidia RTX 40 series, and new Chromecasts only).
"This is Unit 7 of the Restoration Matrix. If you are seeing this, the x265 protocol has successfully bypassed the censorship algorithms of Sector 4. We have preserved the history they tried to delete." rmteam x265
: Their content is widely distributed across torrent indexers and direct download (DDL) forums. AV1 encoding is extremely slow (hours per movie