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Since the conversation here revolved more around my denial to make an account and use the other version of the addon rather than the problem itself, I had promised not to post again because it seems I was wasting my time. However, because the problem appeared again and it now occurs on other apps too, I am bringing it back up.
Other than that, I made some important discovery on how apps access the api, with the help of a friend that knows python. For that reason, I have patched my addon and it can now access the api anonymously again. I won't post anything here though, it will remain between him and me, and I am sure you can guess the why.
Have a nice day.
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Sure, you want to dwell in anonymity, we have our thoughts on that, made you some suggestions you didn't like, now you found a workaround, but you're not willing to share because, well... we all know why.
So much for the concept of sharing via open source in the new world of me, me, ME !!!
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2020-04-07, 14:07
(This post was last modified: 2020-04-07, 15:04 by jim_p.)
Please mention the reasons behind "we have our thougts" and "we all know why".
The concept of opensource is not only sharing what you have found, it is also to be open for everyone, which is NOT what the api is. On top of that, as I have said before, the attitude of some people in here make me unwilling to help others and share stuff in this forum in general. If you think that this attitude (= mocking other people for not doing what you do) is good for opensource, please mention why.
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Also, why do you care about me not submitting the patch for that addon? You are the one who said that it is not created nor maintained by the kodi team.
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Thank you for the reply. At least this one is more official and provides a much better explanation than the other posts in this thread.
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Do not worry, the patch will never be made public. And yes, I am sure he fixed it without any hidden credentials, because I saw the patch.
As for the "logical explanation to the situation". I never said it was not logical, but the "explanation" was first given 10+ days before the official one, so it classifies as a guess for me. And do not forget the fact that, 10+ days ago, all other apps had proper access to the api anonymously.
Bottom line, now that there is an official statement on the issue, i will consider making a set of credentials on the site, provided that I can delete them whenever I wish in the future.
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As there has been no attempt by @OP to further share any useful information on the OpenSubtitles add-on, this thread will be closed.