Popcorn Time for iOS Can Now Be Installed On Mac

The guys at Popcorn Time have continually pushed to cover as many bases as possible, and having released a fork of the movie torrent streaming customer for non-jailbroken iOS devices a few weeks agone, has now pushed a version that allows Mac users, besides equally PC owners, to install the app on their iPhone, iPod bear on or iPad. Before, the installer was Windows-only, so anybody wanting to kick back to some Popcorn Fourth dimension on iOS would require the assistance of a PC, only as of correct now, those of you on Os X can join in the fun.

Popcorn Time has been labelled equally the "Netflix for Pirates," and given that its principal feature is the streaming of copyrighted Hollywood movies, it's hard to dispute this assessment. Only a couple of days ago, a U.k. High Courtroom estimate ordered that ISPs block access to sites that offering the many versions of the app up for download, and while this whack-a-mole approach should certainly be filed under the 'tried-and-failed' category, the target on Popcorn Time's back seems to exist increasing with every twenty-four hours.

Yet, Popcorn Time's development team doesn't seem too bothered by the attention, whether proficient or bad, and defiantly, hopes that the Mac installer will help push the app over the one million mark for the number of iOS devices reached. One million installs on iOS would be a very impressive feat--1 that Netflix and its competitors and wary of--and while many of the so-called pirates using the software probably wouldn't have paid for a legit ways to scout their favorite movies, there's no question that a large portion would otherwise be paying subscribers.

But fifty-fifty though Hollywood is and will go along to kick up a fuss, history states that it is fighting a losing boxing, and you simply have to look at The Pirate Bay--which was first raided a decade ago past the regime and, most recently, five months ago--to realize that file sharing is an inescapable by-production of the connected globe whether legal or not.

Just I digress; if your morals do stretch to installing Popcorn Time on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, you can now go started fifty-fifty if you lot're on a Mac. To practice and then, follow this link to grab the installer, hook your device upward to your Mac, and after running through the instructions, you'll be gear up to go.

Like The Pirate Bay, Popcorn Time is entertaining to follow and besides refreshingly unfazed past media attention. 1 has to wonder where and when the fun will end, since, equally the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland judge noted last calendar week, the software offers no legitimate use and is solely in being for flagrant piracy, only nosotros'll continue tabs on its progress and let you know of whatever new or interesting developments in the world of Popcorn Time.