Summer ends, routine begins. And it doesn’t fail. With the precision of a Swiss watch, the Google searches for ‘Kodi’ skyrocket. You only have to take a look at Google Trends to appreciate that this is a fact that is constantly repeated at this time. Why? What does Kodi have to be so special? Well, let’s clear up some doubts.
First of all, what is Kodi?
Kodi is an application for manage multimedia content. It is free and open source. It was developed by the XBMC Foundation.
The goal of Kodi is that you have an application that works for everything. A kind of Swiss army knife. The application is available on practically any operating system you can imagine, and with it you can play movies, images, music, podcasts or whatever you want. The Kodi interface can be personalizeand addons can also be installed, which means you can also use these extensions to access different online platforms like Spotify or YouTube.
But the reason why so many people use Kodi is a bit different. Kodi has a number of official sources that allow you to install applications completely verified by the XBMC Foundation and totally legal. However, Kodi is also open to unlocking some of its limits to make many more features unlock. And this is where the real appeal lies for many.
Kodi and piracy
Surely you have guessed right reading the first paragraph. If Kodi downloads increase at the end of summer, it is precisely because it is the time when football begins. With prices so high and the abuses committed by some operators and platforms, more than one user chooses to make a living with Kodi to watch the broadcasts of their favorite team without going through the checkout.
The foundation itself does not agree with piracy. However, being a free and open project, it is normal for it to be used for these purposes. At this point, it should be noted that Kodi does not make it easy if you want to make this use of it. If you want to use Kodi to watch Madrid in a hat, you will have to first install the application. Next, you have to unlock full control of Kodi. Next, it’s your turn to dig around the internet and find out what font (repository) you have to add to your Kodi app. And lastly, you need to install the app and try your luck.
A tedious process that for many, gives results
Sometimes, getting to the final application requires installing several sources and installing multiple dependencies on all of them so that the final program ends up working. The user who is already familiar with Kodi will take little time to configure it. However, for those who are new, Kodi can be an ordeal with its interface and its endless meaningless menus.
But beyond that, we must recognize that Kodi is a very good app to play media. It is a free manager that performs well, with a good rate of updates and that is available for computers, mobile phones, tablets and Smart TVs. It is even available for dongles like the Amazon Fire TV Stick. Using it for good or for evil is up to you.
