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Is it possible to maintain such a project? I thought it was called popcorn-time, but earlier I remember MythTV. Both projects have seemingly been hobbled from g
by yebyen 3y ago
Is it possible to maintain such a project? I thought it was called popcorn-time, but earlier I remember MythTV. Both projects have seemingly been hobbled from general use, the main idea is to watch whatever you want, when you want, and it doesn't have advertising in it. (If the original source recording had it, then it could be removed.) Maybe it's overly dramatic to say I think this should be a human right, but maybe it isn't? I don't need advertising in my life, I think.
- cortesoft 3y agoIf it becomes a human right to be able to watch any content for free and with no advertising, how would there be any money to produce content?
- yebyen 3y agoI didn't say for free, I said without advertising. So I guess we gotta sell all our souls... or haggle?
- mrtweetyhack 3y ago[dead]
- tenebrisalietum 3y agoPeople will pay creators to make content they want.
- chii 3y ago> how would there be any money to produce content? the same way content on youtube gets produced today. But this argument is a hyperbole. The content gets paid for, and some people will pay - convenience, access etc. The rest can free ride off those people. So far, it has worked.
- bryanrasmussen 3y agoconvenience and access exist because it is not a human right to watch whatever you want when you want it. if there were such a right free content would be convenient and accessible.
- geraldhh 3y agoidk but most content cherished by humanity was created for propaganda (religion) and/or by poor artists
- totetsu 3y agoYes popcorn prioritised downloading the torrent chunks in order so you could start playing the video while it was still downloading
- yebyen 3y agoThere is still Soda Player, which works as well but without the torrent catalogue built in.
- dchuk 3y agoHypothetically, you could setup (maybe with crypto) a rewards system for people who contribute content, add storage to the network, do transcoding, etc, and then allow other people who don't want to do any of that to simply pay for accessing the mesh network. That would open up a flow of funds that the development organization could take a percentage of. That being said, it's likely just a lawsuit honeypot at that point, so mostly a daydream :)