Over the past week, an app called Kimi has curiously outperformed well-known streaming services, such as Netflix and Prime Video, in the list of best free entertainment apps for iOS. Today, Apple removed the app…probably because it allowed users to access pirated movies. As Wired Reports, Kimi was disguised as an app that tests your eyesight by making you play spot the difference between similar photos. In reality, it was not and instead contained pirated shows and movies, including recent blockbusters and award-winning films.
Its offerings varied in quality, however, in ways familiar to those who searched for shows and movies online before the advent of streaming services. Kimi's copy of the film with Emma Stone Poor things was seemingly grainy and pixelated, while other films available in high-quality copies had view-blocking advertisements at the top of the screen. The app was so easy to use: viewers just had to download it and launch it to start watching. It was similar to the now-defunct Popcorn Time service in that it made pirating movies as easy as watching Netflix. Popcorn time stop for good in 2022.
Apple prides itself on privacy and security and making sure that the apps it offers for download are better and better. When he revealed how it would conform With the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), for example, he said any alternative app store that accesses the company's platforms will have to have strict rules and moderation tools comparable to his own. Apple itself may need to start monitoring its App Store closely. Viewers have expressed their displeasure online about having to pay for too many streaming services to be able to watch what they want, and it appears more people are turning to piracy again.