Popcorn Time Online

@aaroncrocco Unfortunately, there is no legal alternative to Popcorn Time with the same content and ease of use.

@tim_vermeulen I think you would be hard pressed to prove these movies and TV shows are not available to stream via rental or purchase through a legal service. While some content may be spread out (iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, etc) that does *not* mean there's "no legal alternative". If $5 to rent a movie is too expensive for you, I suggest you go to your local library, which is free.

@bentossell Fair enough but where is the PH team's input on this? I just said the same thing to Ryan on Twitter. The reason it's frustrating is that Product Hunt is an awesome site and I'm an author that creates for a living. So to see posts like this perpetuate the idea that creative content is allowed to be free pokes at a deep conviction. I have no problems with people wanting to consume movies, shows, books, music, etc, but when everyone believes the work put into creating those things should be free is where I have a big issue. It's a huge reason why many authors I know will forever have day jobs because people piracy outnumbers sales by massive margins.

We don't condone piracy -- this and others like it, are submitted and upvoted by the community. But I do 100% agree with you that people should pay for great content. I'm hopeful alternative business models succeed (e.g. monthly subscriptions via Spotify or Netflix, advertising-based revenue through YouTube) in compensating creators and providing an acceptable experience for consumers. On a related note, have you seen other creative models working?

@rrhoover Look at what HBO has done with HBO now. They listened that people wanted GoT and other shows and it's worked great. I think the fact that shows also place clips on YouTube (Last Week Tonight, The Tonight Show, The Daily Show, etc) also works great. Another creative thing is how Amazon and Netflix create their own content. IMO this means prices won't rise as much because they once again have the leverage to not pay the high prices networks demand for their shows. I'm perfectly fine with some shows not being on Amazon because their own original shows are equally good if not better. I've been watching SyFy's The Expanse (which is AMAZEBALLS) and I can either log into the app using my cable ISP ID or I can buy a pass straight from them. I believe CBS does the same thing too. At the end of the day though, someone's gotta pay for all this and as consumers that falls on us.

@6e0r9e Isn't that a different product entirely?

@6e0r9e you misunderstood completely, this is a different product, decentralized on the web instead of a desktop app

@6e0r9e not sure

@tim_vermeulen implementation is different. Same product.

@andreioprisan How did I misunderstand? My post describes that.

@deambulando use chrome/chromium

@unseenvision i am using chrome. ;)