Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales

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Post by jeffreybezos » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 9:43 PM UTC

Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales
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Re: Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales

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Post by fipple » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:13 PM UTC

All the fuss about Kodi makes me think I should get a box. Is it worth it?

Re: Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales

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Post by LeoPanthera » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:19 PM UTC

"Kodi" is an open source media player. Nothing more or less.

The problem comes because people sell boxes preloaded with Kodi and plugins that make one-click piracy possible.

Unfortunately the association that people make is now "Kodi = Piracy", which is very wrong.

Re: Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales

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Post by m-p-3 » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:21 PM UTC

fipple wrote: post #2

All the fuss about Kodi makes me think I should get a box. Is it worth it?

You can easily install it on an existing computer and try it out if you don't want to spend money right away.

Re: Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales

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Post by nobleach » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:22 PM UTC

Very odd. I can't imagine the rationale. "But you could watch pirated movies with it".... uh yeah, same for VLC, can I sell my Macbook on Facebook?

Re: Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:24 PM UTC

fipple wrote: post #2

All the fuss about Kodi makes me think I should get a box. Is it worth it?

In short: no. Kodi itself is the environment, the problematic work is done by plugins that look for free movie streams. It all takes longer than Netflix and other paid services. Nothing to get too excited about.

Re: Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales

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Post by sigfubar » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:25 PM UTC

fipple wrote: post #2

All the fuss about Kodi makes me think I should get a box. Is it worth it?

Kodi makes BitTorrent only marginally easier to use. It integrates a VPN a little more seamlessly than a laptop running your general-purpose OS of choice. All this makes a much bigger difference for a non-technical user, but for the average HN commenter the benefits are much less obvious.

Re: Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales

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Post by chatmasta » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:25 PM UTC

nobleach wrote: post #5

Very odd. I can't imagine the rationale. "But you could watch pirated movies with it".... uh yeah, same for VLC, can I sell my Macbook on Facebook?

The media companies, especially in the UK, have been making a huge deal out of these so called “piracy boxes.” People have gone to jail for selling them in shops IIRC.

Yes, it’s ridiculous.

Re: Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales

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Post by LeoPanthera » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:26 PM UTC

nobleach wrote: post #5

Very odd. I can't imagine the rationale. "But you could watch pirated movies with it".... uh yeah, same for VLC, can I sell my Macbook on Facebook?

None of them have plain vanilla Kodi on them. If they did, Amazon wouldn't have a problem selling them - and probably no-one would buy them either.

They're all preloaded with insta-piracy plugins.

Re: Facebook Bans Kodi Device Sales

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Post by eltoozero » Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 10:28 PM UTC

m-p-3 wrote: post #4

fipple wrote: post #2

All the fuss about Kodi makes me think I should get a box. Is it worth it?

You can easily install it on an existing computer and try it out if you don't want to spend money right away.

Kodi is what used to be XBMC, once it was obvious a “10ft” interface was desirable beyond the needs of OG XBox hackers it was revised to run on PC (XBox is 99% a PC anyway).

Eventually nobody knew why it was called XBox Media Center when nobody really used it for the XBox. So they changed the name to KODI because it vaguely resembles REWIND STOP PLAY icons:

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K O D I

So that’s a little history, but I still mourn the loss of legacy screensavers like the excellent ‘matrix’ and the native ProjectM/Milkdrop support which hasn’t isn’t present in the Pi version or newer PC builds for years AFAIK.

Anyway, this is like banning Chrome because you can go to a porno website.