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TVAddons, one of the leading add-on libraries for the Kodi platform, has disappeared:
TVAddons, the leading library for unofficial Kodi add-ons, has mysteriously disappeared. The site's domain names have become unresponsive after the DNS entries were removed. It's unclear why these drastic actions were taken, but since TVAddons was sued last week, some fear the worst.
Last week we broke the news that third-party Kodi add-on ZemTV and the TVAddons library were being sued in a federal court in Texas. Since then, the 'pirate' Kodi community has been in turmoil. Several popular Kodi addons decided to shut down, and now TVAddons itself appears to be in trouble as well.
TVAddons is one of the largest repositories of Kodi add-ons, many of which allow users to watch pirated content. The site has grown massively in recent years and reported that nearly 40 million unique users connected to the site's servers in March.
[...] Based on the current downtime issues, it's no surprise that people are getting worried. If TVAddons doesn't return, the Kodi-addon community has lost what's arguably its biggest player. The site's extensive library listed 1,500 different add-ons, of which the community-maintained Exodus addon was one of the most popular. Now that the site is no longer available, people may run into issues while updating these.
Previously: Kodi Panic in the UK and Popularity in North America
(Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Friday June 16 2017, @11:49AM (1 child)
It's a good thing I am paranoid - I clone the source for many things that might "disappear".
Not sure I have this one, but I've not updated kodi in a year, so maybe....
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 17 2017, @10:31PM
Considering that the backend of this all is a lot more complicated than just "keep an old copy of something that worked a year ago", I doubt you'd have much luck. For one, as the actual streaming sites moved from http to https, unupdated plugins stopped working in droves. On top of that, new sites pop up and old ones die out all the time, and the automatic updates for the plugins are why that isn't a general issue for the average Joe. And don't even get started on things like plugins that rely on plugins (which may in turn rely on plugins)...the soccer watching world panicked when Sports Devil went AWOL during the FA Cup Finals last month, killing various live TV plugins which relied on the latest version of it.
That all said, don't let me stop you from seeing what your backups may allow you to keep in terms of functionality. I'm just saying don't be surprised when it turns out to be fairly little.