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The Windows App Store is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on from the piracy-problem dept.

Ernesto Van der Sar, reporting for TorrentFreak: When we were browsing through the "top free" apps in the Windows Store, our attention was drawn to several applications that promoted "free movies" including various Hollywood blockbusters such as "Wonder Woman," "Spider-Man: Homecoming," and "The Mummy." Initially, we assumed that a pirate app may have slipped past Microsoft's screening process. However, the 'problem' doesn't appear to be isolated. There are dozens of similar apps in the official store that promise potential users free movies, most with rave reviews. Most of the applications work on multiple platforms including PC, mobile, and the Xbox. They are pretty easy to use and rely on the familiar grid-based streaming interface most sites and services use. Pick a movie or TV-show, click the play button, and off you go. The sheer number of piracy apps in the Windows Store, using names such as "Free Movies HD," "Free Movies Online 2020," and "FreeFlix HQ," came as a surprise to us. In particular, because the developers make no attempt to hide their activities, quite the opposite.

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  1. The what? "Windows Store"? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Microsoft still trying to push some kind of app store on Windows users? Has anyone really been there yet?

    1. Re: The what? "Windows Store"? by slazzy · · Score: 4, Funny

      All 3 zune users love it, apparently it "plays for sure!"

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  2. Does anybody really care by Big+Hairy+Ian · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the news here is that someone actually browsed the Windows Store

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  3. Proof! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Proof that nobody bothers with the Windows app store. If even the RIAA/MPAA don't bother with it, you know it's dead.

  4. I find it surprising by sgrover · · Score: 4, Funny

    That the term "blockbuster" and "The Mummy" appeared in the same sentence together. That movie received much hype from the studious but absolutely none from anyone else. To be honest I forgot it existed. Maybe it's mentioned in the pirating apps because that is the only way anyone would ever want to see it?? hmm..

  5. because the developers make no attempt to hide... by drewsup · · Score: 4, Funny

    I beg to differ, they hid them in the best place possible, the MS App store! Guaranteed to not be seen by anyone!
    I would have posted this on my Lumia 635, but as the browser keeps crashing, as it's ALWAYS done, had to post my Mint laptop.