Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly

Re:Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growi... by thisislife2 on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:16PM (#39264592)

Not sure - did Popcorn Time ever allow streaming torrents through the browser itself? Some torrent sites today have a streaming section where you can browse a catalogue and watch torrent videos right in the browser itself. Check out https://ferrolho.github.io/magnet-player/ for an example of this.

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Re:Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growi... by BlueTemplar on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:16PM (#39267303)

Ah, well I am not really certain that it was such a big deal to need to download a separate program, especially at the time, especially in Argentina ?

Popcorn Time seems to have (already?) been based on browser techniques : JavaScript & NodeJS ? (Or is that only for today's version ?)

Also, I'm not exactly impressed because PeerTube has used WebTorrent for quite some years now (before recently abandoning it for something even better ?).

But yeah, you shouldn't expect that website to last long - but then this kind of game of whack a mole has been played by PirateBay-likes and illegal streaming sites for years now.

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