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Who is Popcorn Time?

47 points by pyprism 12y ago

avinassh 12y ago
OT: is this domain also owned by Popcorn Time guys? https://popcorn-time.se/ https://popcorn-time.se/ I noticed a difference that these guys also offer iOS version.
- lvs 12y ago
  No, these groups had a significant war of words, especially when the build source for the binaries at the site you link was unavailable for some time. It was suggested that this late-comer was dangerous, but there are no other specifics for these claims of malicious intent that I've seen.
  - KsaRedFx 12y ago
    If you look again you'll find on reddit quite a few posts about malware regarding them.
    - avinassh 12y ago
      Do you have an official blog post and clarifying you don't own .se domain and that project is run by different people? If not, I think you should write one.
- doughj3 12y ago
  Two different teams, both forks of the original Popcorn Time project. As far as I remember, the team with the .io domain may have one or more members of the original project. I have seen on their sub-reddit, they do have an air of arrogance and spread a lot of a FUD around the team with the .se domain.
chatmasta 12y ago
Better question is, who's sponsoring the vpn company behind popcorn time? Is it an mpaa honeypot?
- forgotpasswd3x 12y ago
  Popcorn-time.io doesn't have the VPN sponsership, that's popcorn-time.se. Edit: removed "weasely" phrase, and incorrect claim about source code. Edit2, the VPN doesn't seem to work anyway. Unable to get anything to play when it's connected.
  - doughj3 12y ago
    Now you're spreading FUD the same way popcorntime.io has. First of all, popcorn-time.se is not closed source[0], and "many have said is less reputable" is both a weasly phrase, and doesn't really mean anything. I'm not affiliated with any popcorn time team, I'm just not a fan of throwing around FUD, it's totally unnecessary. [0] https://popcorn-time.se/source.html https://popcorn-time.se/source.html
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  - riffraff 12y ago
    popcorntime.io also comes with a vpn now, from https://vpn.ht/popcorntime https://vpn.ht/popcorntime, but you have to create an account separately.
    - chc 12y ago
      AFAIK that's a third-party commercial VPN company that they made an arrangement with. What's weird about the popcorn-time.se VPN is that it's built-in and free.
- doughj3 12y ago
  I believe it is popcorn-time.se that has a built in VPN, not popcorntime.io.
serve_yay 12y ago
Clear as mud.
beauzero 12y ago
...time to adjust the front page algorithm again.
doughj3 12y ago
I get the point they're trying to convey, but considering this is not the original Popcorn Time team, and there is at least one competing team, and as a community they still probably have some core team here (e.g, the guy who wrote this blog post), it would help to clarify more than "We're a community". Who owns the domain? Who compiles the builds? Etc etc.
doughj3 12y ago
I get the point they're trying to convey, but considering this is not the original Popcorn Time team, and there is at least one competing team, and as a community they still probably have some core team here (e.g, the guy who wrote this blog post), it would help to clarify more than "We're a community". Who owns the domain? Who compiles the builds? Etc.
- KsaRedFx 12y ago
  I compile the builds. And just giving you a heads up, watch the video. Many of our team members have been there from the start. Original team.
marknadal 12y ago
what did they use to create the video animation of git updates? I want to try visualizing other projects.
- maccard 12y ago
  I can't load the site at the minute, so I don't know, but I've used gource[1] before, with great results [1] https://code.google.com/p/gource/ https://code.google.com/p/gource/
- deleted 12y ago
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- KsaRedFx 12y ago
  I wrote a guide on how I did it https://discuss.popcorntime.io/t/how-to-generate-the-one-year-of-popcorn-time-video/26789 https://discuss.popcorntime.io/t/how-to-generate-the-one-yea...
raonyguimaraes 12y ago
504 Gateway Time-out nginx/1.1.19

47 points by pyprism 12y ago

OT: is this domain also owned by Popcorn Time guys? https://popcorn-time.se/ https://popcorn-time.se/ I noticed a difference that these guys also offer iOS version.

lvs 12y ago
No, these groups had a significant war of words, especially when the build source for the binaries at the site you link was unavailable for some time. It was suggested that this late-comer was dangerous, but there are no other specifics for these claims of malicious intent that I've seen.
- KsaRedFx 12y ago
  If you look again you'll find on reddit quite a few posts about malware regarding them.
  - avinassh 12y ago
    Do you have an official blog post and clarifying you don't own .se domain and that project is run by different people? If not, I think you should write one.
doughj3 12y ago
Two different teams, both forks of the original Popcorn Time project. As far as I remember, the team with the .io domain may have one or more members of the original project. I have seen on their sub-reddit, they do have an air of arrogance and spread a lot of a FUD around the team with the .se domain.

chatmasta 12y ago

Better question is, who's sponsoring the vpn company behind popcorn time? Is it an mpaa honeypot?

forgotpasswd3x 12y ago
Popcorn-time.io doesn't have the VPN sponsership, that's popcorn-time.se. Edit: removed "weasely" phrase, and incorrect claim about source code. Edit2, the VPN doesn't seem to work anyway. Unable to get anything to play when it's connected.
- doughj3 12y ago
  Now you're spreading FUD the same way popcorntime.io has. First of all, popcorn-time.se is not closed source[0], and "many have said is less reputable" is both a weasly phrase, and doesn't really mean anything. I'm not affiliated with any popcorn time team, I'm just not a fan of throwing around FUD, it's totally unnecessary. [0] https://popcorn-time.se/source.html https://popcorn-time.se/source.html
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- riffraff 12y ago
  popcorntime.io also comes with a vpn now, from https://vpn.ht/popcorntime https://vpn.ht/popcorntime, but you have to create an account separately.
  - chc 12y ago
    AFAIK that's a third-party commercial VPN company that they made an arrangement with. What's weird about the popcorn-time.se VPN is that it's built-in and free.
doughj3 12y ago
I believe it is popcorn-time.se that has a built in VPN, not popcorntime.io.

serve_yay 12y ago

Clear as mud.

beauzero 12y ago

...time to adjust the front page algorithm again.

doughj3 12y ago

I get the point they're trying to convey, but considering this is not the original Popcorn Time team, and there is at least one competing team, and as a community they still probably have some core team here (e.g, the guy who wrote this blog post), it would help to clarify more than "We're a community". Who owns the domain? Who compiles the builds? Etc etc.

doughj3 12y ago

KsaRedFx 12y ago
I compile the builds. And just giving you a heads up, watch the video. Many of our team members have been there from the start. Original team.

marknadal 12y ago

what did they use to create the video animation of git updates? I want to try visualizing other projects.

maccard 12y ago
I can't load the site at the minute, so I don't know, but I've used gource[1] before, with great results [1] https://code.google.com/p/gource/ https://code.google.com/p/gource/
deleted 12y ago
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KsaRedFx 12y ago
I wrote a guide on how I did it https://discuss.popcorntime.io/t/how-to-generate-the-one-year-of-popcorn-time-video/26789 https://discuss.popcorntime.io/t/how-to-generate-the-one-yea...

raonyguimaraes 12y ago

504 Gateway Time-out nginx/1.1.19