Despite a stormy ride, The Pirate Bay is still alive and well. And now it has a wonderful new feature: You can stream its torrents right there in your browser.


The torrenting site has announced that it now supports Torrents Time—a browser plugin that lets you stream a torrent from inside a browser. It’s a bit like Popcorn Time, only it still works (in fact, the plugin was predictably built by some of the guys from Popcorn Time).

Well, it works most of the time. The Pirate Bay feature is still in beta, and it suffers from the same old problems you have with all torrents—crappy quality, long waits for parts of some files, and all those kinds of things.


To make use of the feature, you’ll need to download the Torrents Time plug-in. It works in Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Chrome, on either Windows or OS X. Then, simply search The Pirate Bay and you should see an option to stream, rather than just download, the torrent. Like this.

It is, of course, not legal. And you need to put some trust in Torrent Times here, too—though it appears to be monetized via offering pay-for VPN services, so it’s likely to be (fairly) safe.

So go for it, if you’re comfortable with the risks.



[Torrent Times via Venture Beat via The Verge]

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