[IhuckleberryI]

i should make a thread and do a poll asking how many people use add on's and how many JUST use it to stream content from their local nas or attached storage device.

TBH, the add on thing is nice for some things but 90% of it i believe is used just to stream illegal content (movies, tv shows ) for free. who knows. im one of the people that rarely ever uses add on's. a while back i used to use a youtube add on when i had a home built HTPC but now, i use a amazon fire tv, so i just use the youtube app.

I've been thinking that, there should be two KODI verisons. i know that sounds kinda silly for many. there should be one like mrmc (call it kodi lite) and use that for device partners to pre-install on the set top boxes. im pretty sure no big name brand will want to include software that allows users to add sketchy repositories that give out illegal content.

idk, its 3am right now where i am. but i thought, this would be a good idea. instead of having to rely on forks, the main kodi group could release 2 versions. being that kodi is open source, people can still build forks as they please, but being there would be a "lite" version made and maintained, we dont have to worry about say one dev or group to keep pushing updates to it when the main one will always be maintained.

how do you distinguish between streaming sites and using torrents,newsgroups,storage sites that are dl'ed on to a pc. Then accessed for local playback. I don't think you can?

I think davilla did the best he could to stay within apples rules and good job to him and the dev's involved. I notice programs menu is missing too along with addons. No accessing licensed apple apps from within Mr.Mc. I guess due to comply with 10.4 of apple store rules.