I never used the thing, but people seemed pretty impressed by it. This post is a mess though, it's all over the place.
Goodbye Popcorn Time
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Re: Goodbye Popcorn Time
#42It's better that the Popcorn Time developers leave now than later. By leaving now they can take advantage of all the attention and get a great fork going.
Probably what their initial intention was from the beginning. 1) Build something incredible. 2) Get a ton of cred for it. 3) Release it to the masses via open source. 4) Wait for the lawyers to roll up en masse. Then simply flee the scene, avoiding any legal entanglements and with steadfast assurances what you've created will now go on without you, and most likely morph into something even more incredible. Genius I t…
Interesting! Hadn't thought of that, but it's pretty clever if it is indeed what they're up to.
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#43I guess I'm the odd man out on reddit, er hackernews, but it doesn't seem too brave or incredible to build an app which is used to primarily stream stolen content.
Again with 'stolen'.
Re: Goodbye Popcorn Time
#44It's better that the Popcorn Time developers leave now than later. By leaving now they can take advantage of all the attention and get a great fork going.
Probably what their initial intention was from the beginning. 1) Build something incredible. 2) Get a ton of cred for it. 3) Release it to the masses via open source. 4) Wait for the lawyers to roll up en masse. Then simply flee the scene, avoiding any legal entanglements and with steadfast assurances what you've created will now go on without you, and most likely morph into something even more incredible. Genius I t…
Sounds a little like Youtube (sans open source), right before it was acquired.
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#45Re: Goodbye Popcorn Time
#46Anyone interested in the app can still build it from their repo. https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app
If I wasn't on Comcast I would try this out..
I've had to resort to a lower-tech approach:
* Rent a cheap server * Run transmission daemon on it * SSH into server, port forward 9091 * Connect to localhost:9091 and add torrents that way * When downloads are done, scp them off to my local network
Con: way too many steps involved Pro: encrypted to/from my local network
I know this is not nearly the same as Popcorn Time, but it would be nice to automate all this.
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#47Time to fork and continue development.
I'm curious to see how many forks will pop!
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#48Did anyone believe that Popcorn Time was going to end any other way than this? Either they were going to be shut down by their own choice, or their hand would be forced by outside litigation. Just because something is legal doesn't mean companies won't spend millions of dollars to make your life miserable because of what you built.
Hah I predicted this 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7379904
Just because your product is legal, but mainly used for illegal purposes really opens you up to a lot of issues. They should have expected this was coming.
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#49Re: Goodbye Popcorn Time
#50There is an encrypted message [1] in the last commit of their website (popcorn-time.github.io). [1] https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-time.github.io/commi...
It just occurred to me. It's probably completely unlikely, so I'll put my tinfoil hat on for a moment...
What is the possibility that Github was DDoSed by agents working in or for the movie industry because of Popcorn Time, attempting to either disrupt development or access?
I know, I know. It's outrageous. Unlikely. Crazy, even. But to say I'd be surprised this day and age would be a bit of an overstatement...