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The ever popular Popcorn Time app has been discontinued. The program made watching movies and TV shows illegally almost as easy as using Netflix. A few years ago, the streaming service warned about the rise of Popcorn Time in a financial report.
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jvhSource: BELGIAN
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“Piracy remains one of our biggest competitors,” Netflix CEO and co-founder Reed Hastings said in 2015. Popcorn Time was launched in 2014 and within a year it became one of the most popular ways to illegally access movies, among other things.
The software made it possible with links for users to share movies or series with each other. The makers left the service shortly after its launch, but the app’s code was made available to other developers and they released new versions. The group behind the app emailed reporters from financial news agency Bloomberg, among others, that Popcorn Time has been discontinued. The reason has not been disclosed.
Movie piracy is still a problem for Hollywood. That has become worse during the corona pandemic as cinemas were temporarily closed due to lockdown measures and films were released directly on streaming services. Movie studios sometimes file lawsuits against websites and apps that allow illegal downloading or viewing of movies, such as Popcorn Time and The Pirate Bay.
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