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SHOWBOX
One of the reasons piracy has been decreasing in the past few years has been the ease of accessing legal content. Simply put: If it’s easier to do something legally than it is to break the law, and the end result is the same, most people will do the right thing. That’s what makes Showbox such a frustrating app for movie and TV studios.

What is showbox? Showbox is a wildly popular Android app that works similarly to the Popcorn Time, allowing users to stream free movies and TV shows to your smartphone, tablet, or computer. There’s even a PC version, not to mention well-documented workarounds that allow you to use Showbox on Kindle Fire or Mac devices. Just imagine having Hulu, Netflix, Vudu, and HBO all in one app. Showbox users can stream videos or download them to their device for offline viewing, drawing from both peer-to-peer (P2P) and non-P2P sources. For the most part, you’ll be streaming from torrents. Sounds too good to be true right? That depends on how comfortable you are with copyright infringement.

Is Showbox safe to use? Whether Showbox is safe or not depends on where you source your download of the app. Typically, that wouldn’t be an issue; you’d just head over to the Google Play store, download and install the official app, and be done with it. Showbox, however, isn’t in the Google Play store, for reasons that should be obvious: The app is designed to help you easily watch pirated content. That’s why you can only find Showbox via third-party sites. The app also doesn’t have a proper website where you can talk to developers. That makes sourcing an official copy of the app risky, leading to 1,240,000 Google search results for “Showbox virus” at last check and the creation of YouTube videos explaining “how to install Showbox 100% virus free.” Should you be able to find a clean copy of the app, Showbox offers up a bounty of viewing options, but you should expect lots of bugs. Users have reported audio problems on videos, broken subtitles, pop-up ads, box video quality, and more.

As with any grey-market app, don’t expect any support when an issue comes along. While communities have formed around Showbox, like on Reddit‘s r/Showbox, if something bad happens to your phone while using the app, you’re on your own. Showbox is the sort of app you should only use if you understand the ins and outs of your phone, especially if you’re not 100 percent certain about if you downloaded it from a trustworthy source. READ MORE:

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