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		rightbyte on July 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them ap... Now? Xbox Media Centre nailed it like 15 years ago. When the user is in control you can't push anti-features like e.g. Chromecast or Samsung TVs are full of.

stavros on July 12, 2024 [–]

XBMC is a player, the UX of piracy is everything up to getting the video to play.

ahartmetz on July 12, 2024 | [–]

XBMC (now Kodi) has plugins - I think I've seen Kodi with a BitTorrent plugin working nicely at a friend's place.

stavros on July 12, 2024 | | [–]

It does. It didn't have torrent plugins that worked nicely 15 years ago.

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