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Applications giving access to films and series from Netflix or Disney+ continue to deceive Apple's vigilance and bring together hundreds of thousands of users in France. All are claimed by the same developer, who calls himself “The R”.
There are now two instead of one. Monday, CheckNews revealed how an illegal streaming application, called Univer Note, had taken the lead in the most downloaded free applications in the AppStore, Apple's application store. To avoid being immediately rejected by the American company, the application was “disguised” as simple note-taking software.
It has since been deleted. But two clones have taken its place: Airline Butler, supposed to allow you to track airline flights, and TodoHabit, presented as to-do list software, appear in first and second place in the ranking of free apps for iPhone. When you install these applications, you arrive at the same illegal streaming portal, which offers content from Netflix, Disney+ or Apple TV for free, respectively in French (Airline Butler) and in English (TodoHabit). As with Univer Note, they benefit from very wide word of mouth, and are relayed on social networks like TikTok. And here again, advertisements, omnipresent in these applications, ensure comfortable income for developers.
On the PlayStore (Android equivalent of the AppStore), an application with similar functionality has entered the top 20 most downloaded applications: Bliss Browser.
Via their “Contact” tab, all the applications mentioned refer to the
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