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Alternatives to Real Debrid (Debrid Services) (slrpnk.net)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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For those of us hit by the recent announcement here is a graph I found with some other services worth checking for your next voyages. I have crossed out All-Debrid too as that is also hosted in France and is bound to be hit by the same hammer as Real-Debrid was.

Feel free to share your alternative solutions in the comments below, but always do you research carefully!

The graph shows which Debrid services are supported by each addon for Stremio. Torbox seems to be a new popular and modern alternative. If anyone has any experience with any of the listed services then feel free to share your experiences in the comments.

Edit: Debrid-Link is also French!

Source to graph: https://guides.viren070.me/stremio/faq?debrid-service=real-debrid#which-debrid-services-are-supported-by-each-addon

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

This is why I just pay a small fee for access to a Plex/emby server.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What are some non-piracy use cases for real-debrid?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Distributing Linux ISOs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why would someone pay for RD for that instead of just using the torrent there directly or the direct download from the servers? I don't know it seems like overkill to use a debrid service for something like that.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago

Oh my sweet summer child

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

None

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Afaik: Non.
Personal projects?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Having lived in France for 2 years i can say that the bureaucracy there is out of control. Paperwork upon paperwork upon paperwork to get ANYTHING done. That said, any formal notice probably took years to draft and send, and then the debrid folks probably can drag their heels for years. I'm personally not jumping ship quite yet but i'll pay month to month and wait it out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like most countries in western Europe. Germany being the worst.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I wouldn't say that Germany is the worst.

Because my request to do so is pending since '09.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Trying out TorBox as I write this. Has some cool features and it looks like a lot of people from RD are hopping over to it. New servers are arriving Monday for the huge amount of new users. And it's also quite cheap. There's a black friday sale going on right now too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Out of the loop here, what happened to real debrid? Its the most useful piracy tool i have used in years.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In short: it's gone "full legal" mode. Blocking most used streaming sites and removed their API access. So it's literally unusable for folks sailing the high seas.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah, very disappointing, luckily, the downloader still works semi-reliably for software. I only have 21 days left anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

non twitter link: nitter.poast.org/realdebrid/status/1859673163681960169

yeah, that sucks. It was literally perfect for what i needed. ah well

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Kinda related, it seems that the Fen Light addon creator also says goodbye to the Kodi scene... It seems like a big day for streaming piracy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

debrid link is also hosted in France.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Me still using Premiumize.

Holiday Prepaid sale is live

~$3.86/month

w/36 month subscription

Seren/Otaku fed into TMDb add-on w/Arctic Fuze skin ✅

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I was able to fully switch to Prem this morning in < 15 minutes fwiw.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What are these?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Afaik a remote torrent client that you stream the media from.
Something like a cross between a seedbox and a media cloud. Then you either implement it somehow into your media streamer like Jellyfin/Plex or a browser.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Any idea how this affects those of us who only use it for random stuff where torrents are too slow or to bypass Rapidshare speed limits?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Not sure tbh. Guess it depends what you are downloading and if you are using their service directly and not through their API. They will not block and ban people downloading stuff from their banned lists and their API can no longer be used.

It's better to switch Debrid Service to support someone willing to host a better service imo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How is Debrid-link? Its considerably cheaper than Premiumize

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not sure myself, just went with one month of Premiumize to test that first. Will then try the rest too see which service suits me better.

Ah NVM... Debrid Link is also French.... https://debrid-link.com/legal

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago

Aaaannnd Real Debrid is working again...wild ride this is

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why is AllDebrid crossed out? Just cause its French based as well?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, it will likely meet the same fate as RealDebrid in the future.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What fate is that? RD still works lol

People just way to wrapped up in the reddit made panic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

They removed some APIs and are blocking some torrents by name, other torrents may still work for now but don't get too comfortable though. They will likely start removing the cached torrents with copyrighted content in the future.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

The API has been mostly worked around. stremio, the major addons, rdt, and zurg works.

People keep saying "just wait..." but nothing ever happens.

There have been issues caused by maintenance that were more troublesome then this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

You know what, do as you wish, just like @[email protected] already said. It's your money and you're free to waste it. However this list and advice is here to help people who desire not to waste their own money not end up wasting their own. Now they've already given an official annoucement on their Twitter that they are taking steps to limit or action illegal content. If you wish to not see the writing on the wall that's up to you, but it does exist and it is happening.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

This list is inaccurate as I've already pointed out but stay on your high horse lol.

Telling people to switch services when the service they have actually works and then giving an inaccurate list of services to switch to, is not as helpful as you think it is.

Also pointing to a 4 day old tweet about what RD is going to do in the "coming hours" as "writing on the wall" , when the service still works is hilarious.

This is why RD is banning the idiots falling for this panic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 minutes ago

This list is inaccurate as I’ve already pointed out but stay on your high horse lol.

Telling people to switch services when the service they have actually works and then giving an inaccurate list of services to switch to, is not as helpful as you think it is.

Considering that you actually haven't pointed out how this list is inaccurate in this comment thread. Just said that people should keep using the service and paying for it, and that it's not going away (service itself isn't but the content it is used for is, making it useless), despite the fact that it will almost certainly begin to become much less useful due to the nature of this event. If you're talking about the inclusion of AllDebrid OP has explained that they are within the same Jurisdiction as RealDebrid, a jurisdiction known to have powerful copyright trolls, and we're not in the bussiness of telling people to use and pay for services that are basically guaranteed to leave people in the same situation as this one.

Also pointing to a 4 day old tweet about what RD is going to do in the “coming hours” as “writing on the wall” , when the service still works is hilarious.

I think you being so hardcore in-denial of this crackdown despite the notice being from them officially is even more hilarious. What was done with addons that use RealDebrid is a workaround of API changes, if/when they delete/ban the infringing cached torrents this isn't going to help.

I'm confident that you are a troll at this point. I don't see how someone could look at their message and keep claiming RD is fine and "not going anywhere" in good faith.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have crossed out All-Debrid too as that is also hosted in France and is bound to be hit by the same hammer as Real-Debrid was.