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Little confused about the News item. - Lazlow - 2020-09-27
Referring to September 23 news item.
I am a little confused as to why the news item is pushing something that (as best I can understand it) is not allowed in the Kodi repo. This appears to be pointed at Disney+ type sources but last I checked those types of addons are not allowed in the Kodi repo.
RE: Little confused about the News item. - Klojum - 2020-09-27
(2020-09-27, 00:05)Lazlow Wrote: Referring to September 23 news item.
There is a difference between getting the 'streams' directly and officially from your own ISP along with a valid subscription login, and, the "3rd party" streams that you receive from anyone else without any user verification.
Same as for example the Netflix add-on, which is not an official Kodi add-on, but it's being "tolerated" for now.
RE: Little confused about the News item. - Lazlow - 2020-09-27
(2020-09-27, 07:36)Klojum Wrote:I am not suggesting pirate type stuff. It is inconsistent to push this in the news and yet ban it from the official repo.(2020-09-27, 00:05)Lazlow Wrote: Referring to September 23 news item.
There is a difference between getting the 'streams' directly and officially from your own ISP along with a valid subscription login, and, the "3rd party" streams that you receive from anyone else without any user verification.
Same as for example the Netflix add-on, which is not an official Kodi add-on, but it's being "tolerated" for now.
RE: Little confused about the News item. - Atreyu - 2020-09-27
There's loads of addons that are used and discussed while, for whatever reason, not available or allowed in the official repo.
Not necessarily conflicting in my eyes.
RE: Little confused about the News item. - tjay260476 - 2020-09-27
Not all third party addons are banned, there are plenty of unofficial add-ons that don't break the DRM that are subscription-based that are not endorsed by the content provider, but are obviously 'tolerated' by said providers. Some of these end up in the Kodi repo, and some don't - Team Kodi has rules on what is and isn't allowed in the official repo.
Piracy addons are banned no matter what, there are plenty of LEGAL third-party add-ons that aren't in the Kodi repo but are available on this very forum.
To quote @Atreyu Not neccesarily conflicting.
RE: Little confused about the News item. - DarrenHill - 2020-09-27
If I remember the discussions well, the key point is the requirement for Widevine, which is a closed source blob that we cannot host or provide directly.