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Kodi itself is just the new name for XBMC (XBox Media Center). It's an open source media centre project, and they are in no way affiliated with any of this. "f
by pdpi 10y ago
Kodi itself is just the new name for XBMC (XBox Media Center). It's an open source media centre project, and they are in no way affiliated with any of this.
"fully loaded kodi boxes" are just set top boxes pre-loaded with kodi and a number of plugin that make it convenient to access pirate streams or download content in a style reminiscent of popcorn time. Since These guys are basically just bundling Kodi and some plugins on cheap hardware, they make a quick buck selling that. The torrents and streams are just there anyway, so it's not a cost they need to concern themselves with.
- TorKlingberg 10y agoThe question was: who is hosting the streams, and how do they make money?
- tingol 10y agoMostly unrelated streaming websites which work on ads. Community members build addons to access videos from those sites directly on kodi.
- slantyyz 10y agoI think there are sites that just focus on doing that for creating ad revenue. If I'm not mistaken, a lot of the Kodi plugins for sports scrape the /r/{insert-league/sport-here}streams subreddits for the stream links.