There’s no telling whether or not its developers might decide to pick it up again in the future. It’s been resurrected by the app’s official team on more than one occasion. The end… or is it? - Here’s the thing: Popcorn Time has been pronounced dead before. “The world doesn’t need Popcorn Time anymore,” the developers said. Torrenting can still be tricky, yes, but plenty of low-effort methods exist by which to complete the process. That once-revolutionary idea is now commonplace. No longer was it necessary to scroll through endless forums and link sites to maneuver through the torrent minefield Popcorn Time would do all the work for you with just a few clicks. Popcorn Time took that process and hid it behind an easy-to-browse graphical user interface. The BitTorrent protocol that allows for fast peer-to-peer sharing had been around for more than a decade by the time Popcorn Time rose to infamy, but the process of using it - without downloading an extensive library of malware - wasn’t exactly easy. In a conversation with, the Popcorn Time team says a declining user base is indeed the reason for the application’s latest death.Īn iconic, illegal life - It wouldn’t be a stretch to say Popcorn Time changed torrenting for good. Interest declined quickly after a string of intense legal action. The death note is accompanied by what appears to be a Google Trends screenshot for the term “popcorn time.” Search interest, the screenshot shows, peaked between 20.

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