The farewell post criticizes the movie industry’s “ridiculous restrictions” and argues that users deserve better. Developers behind the once immensely popular torrenting platform announced Tuesday that it had been retired due. The creators remain proud of the project, saying that many of Popcorn Time’s users live in countries where it’s impossible to purchase movies that are even remotely new. Popcorn Time, the popular video piracy app, is officially deadagain. And that’s not a battle we want a place in. Our experiment has put us at the doors of endless debates about piracy and copyright, legal threats and the shady machinery that makes us feel in danger for doing what we love. Costs that no one should have to pay in any way, shape or form. We learned a lot from these people, especially that standing against an old fashioned industry has it’s own associated costs. Our huge reach gave us access to a lot of people, from newspapers to the creators of many sites and apps that had a huge global reach. Four Times.īut, as you may know, that’s rarely enough. A post on Medium and on Popcorn Time’s website vaguely explains the shutdown:
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