did they just 'restructure' themselves into irrelevance and unsustainable subscriber loss?
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Update: Real-Debrid’s parent company, XT Network, responded shortly after we published this article. The company explained that the current situation is unrelated to the corporate restructuring. At the same time, it confirms that it indeed uses filters to block content. [...]
The filtering actions it has taken are a response to keyword lists provided by trusted flaggers, which is in accordance with Article 16 of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Nah it looks like they just caved to the copyright mafia.
What do they think people pay them for?
Truly mind boggling, it is the equivalent of a book shop deciding to stop selling books. That is literally their whole business.
Which Real-Debrid alternative has the most cached content?
Why not just torrent?
Because Torrentio is more reliable with a debrid service.
I guess I'm just old, I dunno. What's wrong with just opening a magnet link and downloading a video?
My relatives exclusively watch TV on their smart TV, so something as close as possible to Netflix-levels of usability (search for content and watch it within a similar user interface) was necessary for it to work at all for them.
I wish Stremio had a better new content recommendation system, as running out of things to watch without knowing of new things means they often end up watching AI slop on YouTube instead.
Not really what you're asking but if you google "free media heck ya" the top link should be a .net website. I use this to find what I'm looking for.
My main need is a drop-in replacement for Real-Debrid for Stremio for relatives to use; compared to other options, it's one of closest options to Netflix levels of usability on a smart TV.
FMHY recommends Torbox, which also seemed to be the consensus of a Reddit thread I checked. It probably doesn't have quite as big of a library of cached content as Real-Debrid, but I've noticed specific shows and movies getting removed from the service already, so a switch is probably needed soon.
Premiumize is also commonly recommended, though its higher cost in exchange for also having Usenet functionality doesn't seem to be worth it when Usenet providers like Eweka have better retention.
I selfhost Plex and the *arr's with out much complaint. Symmetrical 1Gbps and 48TB space. Aside from some old content I've been able to get anything my family requests.
Back in the day I had a satellite dish that auto downloaded the encryption keys every couple months and I had full access to a lot of TV.... I REALLY want to set something like this up again, and I did some research. It seems the keys roll every 7 seconds now and you need someone with an active subscription who has a low latency server for you to poll. I haven't looked into it much beyond that. I know IPTV is the big thing now but I've never really got Into it.
No clue. I use newsgroups myself but I know there's a big debrid fanbase here so I thought I'd post the article.
Newsgroups surpass debrid in every way, unfortunately it is old technology and requires a little bit of technical knowledge. To use Usenet effectively you would need to create a server, and automate everything using arrs. It is worth it though cheaper than debrid and better than most torrent sites.
I've use Premiumize for what must be going on a decade now, usually get 2 years on the Black Friday sale. It's been flawless. Buy credits to test it out until that sale and then see if you want to lock in.
Maybe I'll put up with Real-Debrid until Black Friday and switch to Premiumize at the better price then; I don't use Usenet that often, but having it as an option would be useful (at a reasonable price point).
Are most things usually cached by Premiumize?
It has to be pretty old or weird to not be cached. And if it isn't cached, you can paste a magnet link and the site will pull it down to your cloud storage so you can stream it either off the site or through your preferred client. But I can count on the thumbs of one hand how often I need to do that in a year.
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Yeah, noticed that a few days ago, most of the stuff I watched on streamio was gone.
Luckily, my subscription runs out in like 45 days anyways, so I just switched to Torbox. Works pretty well and is at a similar price. Too bad for the 4€ I wasted, but what can you do I guess
I have been using to box for almost a year. It can be slow to load on stremio and sometimes disappear for a day or so.
I actually preferred real debrid historically, until they started to get all moralistic.
Excuse the ignorance, what is the point of this service?
It's a more convenient method for some to pirate content, as it requires comparatively little set up. Think: Netflix but yaaar. You pay upkeep but they ensure content is there (as best as possible).
Other similar options include things like Flixify and FMovies.
It always surprised me folks into self hosting prefer pirate streaming. That's still someone else computer - I'd rather D/L it myself when possible. I get it though - some of the services are very good and near Netflix level convenient.
The main reason in this case, is because I live in Germany, so I'll be fucking executed, if I get caught pirating.
I already payed a thousand euros a few years ago when I was caught seedimg "Her" (I forgot to turn on my VPN). That's when I decided to never do anything risky again, so I got a debrid service. That's fine, because no actual seeding is now happening through my ip.
The debrid services do the torrenting, you only download from cache. So debrid services are safe in Germany. I'd still look into Usenet though. It costs more but is super fast and very safe.
I just have qbitorrent set to only use the VPN adapter in the settings, so if I open it and the VPN isn’t connected it just doesn’t work.