Sometimes described as “Netflix for pirates,” the video streaming service Popcorn Time is coming to iPhone. The standalone Popcorn Time iOS app will launch imminently — quite possibly as early as today — and will allow users to watch pirated TV shows and movies on the move.
While it won’t be allowed in the App Store for obvious reasons, a workaround means users can install the app without having to jailbreak their handsets first — although, for now, you’ll need to have access to a Windows computer.
Popcorn Time was launched in 2014. Although there has since been a Mac app that lets users stream torrents to their Macs and (if they happen to be a Windows user) their Apple TV, up until now there has been no iPhone or iPad app.
Given Apple’s stance on piracy it seems obvious the company will attempt to block the installer from working, but Popcorn Time’s devs sound confident.
“[There is] no doubt that this will be a long journey,” the creators told TorrentFreak, describing the process as “playing ‘cat and mouse’ with Apple.”
“But seeing [the team’s] work now and future updates for the installer they’re already working on, we’re sure they’re ready for any obstacle Apple will throw their way.”
A Mac version of the installer is apparently also in the works.
Source: TorrentFreak
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
10 responses to “You no longer need to jailbreak to get Popcorn Time on your iPhone”
“and (if they happen to be a Windows user) their Apple TV”
but there is a Mac version of PopcornTime, that just like the Windows version allows streaming to AppleTV, XBox, Playstation (with a little effort) and DLNA receivers..
He’s talking about a Mac version of the installer, to install popcornTime on iOS.
maybe.. but if that’s what he meant… that’s written incredibly poorly…
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Piracy is piracy. Artists need to get paid and this is just another way to steal that away from them. Next up, a computer geek will do your app for free, by telling them they’ll get paid and then stealing the work and giving it out for free…
Oh pllllleeease?! Jay-Z and Beyonce aren’t struggling with unemployment. . .in fact they’re not struggling at all . . . I AM!
Too bad PopcornTime crashes on startup everytime.
…on what device?
If you examine the code of the Win installer, it installs a Trojan. Not cool.
Regardless of whether this software does contain malware or not, downloading from an untrusted source is always foolish.