In today’s glowing digital world, money can get you access to a lot of things but even those who can pay for a determined service are sometimes left out due to geographical incompatibilities between them and the product they are willing to pay for. Streaming content is a prime example of this. Movies, TV channels and series are all readily and affordably available over the internet, yet large portions of all this stays inaccessible due to geo restrictions and limited availability across streaming platforms. Services like Kodi and Popcorn Time are now commonly widespread and can get you access to a wide variety of content. Nonetheless, both of these and other streaming solutions have their pros and cons.
Kodi can call itself the most popular media center in the world. Created in August 2014, the project has become more and more popular with new add-ons and functionalities continuously added to the platform. As we previously covered, some countries have Kodi on their radar because of these user-created add-ons that can get you access to blocked content. This would be perfectly fine and a really nice marketing strategy if it wasn’t illegal. In fact, Kodi itself is completely legal software, but some of the aforementioned add-ons can get you in some serious trouble as ISPs are continuously pursuing those who download them and will send you strike notes or, depending on your country, permanently ban you.
We wouldn’t need further explanations if we just said that Popcorn Timeis an open source free app that uses BitTorrent P2P technology to stream as this alone can already raise some eyebrows. What started as a generally well-acclaimed program created in Argentina – that even got itself some Netflix comparisons – quickly became a target for the majority of copyright holders. Popcorn Time is available for every device for free and the fact that its library contains some pretty top-notch high-quality content, such as movies and series, that are streamed using torrenting skills has made this quite a bumpy ride with the entertainment industry joining forces to push it off the road. Some users are even being fined over these copyright issues.
Anonymity and safety are two of VPN’s main reasons of existence, and this is the perfect example why you should use one when accessing not only these but any streaming service. Actually, a VPN will help you to circumvent geo-blocks on Kodi as you can change your location to whatever country you want and access that content while you remain anonymous from your ISP’s peering eyes. This will grant you no strikes or bans and the same happens for Popcorn Time as well since no one, even local authorities and governments can point a finger on what you are doing.
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