

The newest team claims " Popcorn Time 3.0 is right around the corner." Since anyone can access the software, offshoots have sprouted up, including Time4Popcorn, who corresponded with Business Insider via email. Later that month, however, they shut it down, saying they feared "legal threats" that made them "feel in danger for doing what we love."Ī few weeks later, Popcorn Time was back up again, run by different anonymous developers at YTS. We checked. Four Times," its anonymous developers declared. The app was up-and-running in late March. And unlike many streaming sites, Popcorn Time provides an easy-to-use and non-spammy viewing process. Unlike traditional torrenting, however, the downloaded media files disappear from users' computers when they exit the program. The free, open-source media player is a hybrid between a bittorrent client and typical streaming technology. Popcorn Time lets users search and stream a vast selection of pirated films right in the program. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
