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Popcorn Time being shut down by the MPAA is the reason there's no simple app for your mum and aunt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_Time https://en.wikip

Popcorn Time being shut down by the MPAA is the reason there's no simple app for your mum and aunt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_Time Unfortunately now there are so many streaming platforms piracy will gain in popularity again. Lots of people don't mind paying for one or two, but probably not five or six. Especially when some just have one or two good programmes.

oarsinsync 5y ago
Wikipedia link shows that it's very much still alive, just on a different domain. MPAA managed to shutdown various domains, and get Github to stop hosting their source, but it appears that they're still very much alive and kicking.
fabioborellini 5y ago
One of my favourite anecdotes is about an employee of a not-so-successful video streaming startup not knowing Popcorn Time being illegal, promoting its use at the water cooler and apparently using their company laptop for using it.
throw0101a 5y ago
> Lots of people don't mind paying for one or two, but probably not five or six. Especially when some just have one or two good programmes. 'Subscription rotation' may become a thing: you pay for a service for a few months, catch up on any shows that were released on it that you haven't seen, and then cancel and move onto the next one. A year later you come back to the first one and do a new catch-up. There may be one or two that you stick with (e.g., Disney if you have kids).
- jtbayly 5y ago
  People will Pirate before they do this.
  - gruez 5y ago
    Disagree. Turning subscriptions on/off (assuming that doesn't require phoning in) seems much easier to the layperson than figuring out how to torrent something without getting viruses and/or copyright strikes.
    - PickledHotdog 5y ago
      Remembering to turn subscriptions on and off is where the pain will lie
      - gruez 5y ago
        Use reminder app on your phone?
  - rocketbop 5y ago
    I do it. I'm sure a lot of people do it Nd will increasingly as number of services grows...
    - jtbayly 5y ago
      Quit watching your favorite show for three months? I doubt many people are willing to do this.
      - throw0101a 5y ago
        The Witcher had a complete series drop recently: sign up for a month to watch it, then cancel. The Expanse is going for a weekly recently schedule: once it's done in January, cancel the service. Unless there's a continuous series of releases that people will want to watch, I'm not sure they'll want to subscribe for an entire year: it surely adds up.
malermeister 5y ago
There's a ton of popcorn time forks you could give your mom tho :-)

oarsinsync 5y ago

Wikipedia link shows that it's very much still alive, just on a different domain. MPAA managed to shutdown various domains, and get Github to stop hosting their source, but it appears that they're still very much alive and kicking.

fabioborellini 5y ago

One of my favourite anecdotes is about an employee of a not-so-successful video streaming startup not knowing Popcorn Time being illegal, promoting its use at the water cooler and apparently using their company laptop for using it.

throw0101a 5y ago

> Lots of people don't mind paying for one or two, but probably not five or six. Especially when some just have one or two good programmes. 'Subscription rotation' may become a thing: you pay for a service for a few months, catch up on any shows that were released on it that you haven't seen, and then cancel and move onto the next one. A year later you come back to the first one and do a new catch-up. There may be one or two that you stick with (e.g., Disney if you have kids).

jtbayly 5y ago
People will Pirate before they do this.
- gruez 5y ago
  Disagree. Turning subscriptions on/off (assuming that doesn't require phoning in) seems much easier to the layperson than figuring out how to torrent something without getting viruses and/or copyright strikes.
  - PickledHotdog 5y ago
    Remembering to turn subscriptions on and off is where the pain will lie
    - gruez 5y ago
      Use reminder app on your phone?
- rocketbop 5y ago
  I do it. I'm sure a lot of people do it Nd will increasingly as number of services grows...
  - jtbayly 5y ago
    Quit watching your favorite show for three months? I doubt many people are willing to do this.
    - throw0101a 5y ago
      The Witcher had a complete series drop recently: sign up for a month to watch it, then cancel. The Expanse is going for a weekly recently schedule: once it's done in January, cancel the service. Unless there's a continuous series of releases that people will want to watch, I'm not sure they'll want to subscribe for an entire year: it surely adds up.

malermeister 5y ago

There's a ton of popcorn time forks you could give your mom tho :-)