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Re: Popcorn Time in Your Browser

#2
I love the idea, but what about copyright issues? It's easier for Hollywood to take down a single site than to take down thousands of people having an installed application.

Other than that - great implementation. I didn't know this was even possible! Good job.

Re: Popcorn Time in Your Browser

#3
Popcorn Time has succeeded in streamlining the delivery of content, providing a smooth and fast experience for sorting through a list of movie and start watching instantly. I really wonder why the movie studios cannot take a cue from this and build something that people actually want to use.

Re: Popcorn Time in Your Browser

#6
This reminds me of joker[1], with the benefit of not expecting you to feed it a torrent (or expecting you to know what a torrent is).

I genuinely wonder, though, if these services are published just to annoy the copyright owners or for some benefit to the author that I sadly cannot see.

edit: They also do not seem to serve ads. Maybe an experiment for a potential legal version? Who knows...

[1]: currently out of service, used to be available at http://joker.org/ , discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8520954

Re: Popcorn Time in Your Browser

#7
You know the traditional business model of Hollywood is well and truly broken when an open source application like Popcorn Time comes along and does everything right. What Popcorn Time has done by making accessing content on demand easier than ever before is nothing short of impressive.

They're the Netflix of piracy and I think Hollywood can learn a lot from Popcorn Time (but as history has proven, they won't).

Re: Popcorn Time in Your Browser

#8

Popcorn Time has succeeded in streamlining the delivery of content, providing a smooth and fast experience for sorting through a list of movie and start watching instantly. I really wonder why the movie studios cannot take a cue from this and build something that people actually want to use.

I never used either, so I'm genuinely curious: what does Netflix lack, from that list?
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