[B][COLOR red]Jan. 23, 2021[/COLOR][/B]

[COLOR yellow]--[/COLOR][I] Some of you may have heard that TVDB will be going to a paid

    only sub for access to their api.  This would mean every user,

    using an addon that utilizes TVDB's api, would be required to

    pay this fee.  That is the smallest part of the problem. TVDB

    will also deprecate all prior api versions.  Most exo forks utilize

    TVDB's v1 api.  This would mean those addons would be

    required to recode their addon for TVDB v4 api(json vs. xml)

    and each user pays a $12/yr fee, or the developer recode to

    utilize another meta provider for TVShow data.  Frankly my

    position, at this moment, is I'm not going to deal with it and call

    it a day.  It's not a matter of can I but more a matter if I have the

    ambitions to spend my free time doing the work it will require.

    Honestly after two years my ambitions have declined.  So at this

    time it's safe to say that at the end of March Venom will cease to

    exist.  It would still work for movies but shows will no longer work.

    Unless TVDB changes their position on the matter that is the best

    and honest answer I can give people without leaving them in the

    dark what is to come.[/I]