If you are using Kodi add-ons for movies and TV, then you should make sure Kodi doesn't update to 19.
As they've been promising for a long time, they are disabling any add-on written in Python 2, which judging by the angry posts I've seen today is a lot of them.
I have one Sports IPTV that I use all the time and which has fallen by the wayside, so it's downgrade time for me until they fix it.
Kodi 19 'Matrix' Disables Incompatible 3rd-Party Addons – Why? | TechNadu...... what’s interesting to note is that Kodi’s developers announced this transition almost three years ago, justifying their decision by listing the following reasons.
- Python 2 has reached its end-of-life on January 1, 2020. That means Kodi relied on the latest available version of Python 2 to the end of its life. As a way to keep the stability of the application intact, Kodi 19 ‘Matrix’ had to switch to Python 3.
- Speaking of Python 3, there were no reasons to delay this upgrade, and this programming language is more than mature enough, being released more than a decade ago.
- Just like other types of software, Kodi tries to follow good practices in programming. With that said, most of the currently available Python books, courses, and tutorials focus on Python 3.
- And lastly, this decision was made to allow Kodi to implement new features in the future. The fact is that Python 2 is no longer under active development (it has been receiving security patches only). On the other hand, Python 3 is under active development, allowing Kodi to follow that programing language’s new capabilities.