Right but OP isn’t talking about Stremio/Torrentio without Real Debrid, and neither is the guy in the comment chain you were replying to. I’m not sure you’ve a good grip on what Debrid services are by saying “just another Netflix”; it reads like you’re imposing your grievance about Stremio onto a thread that mentions it but does not recommend the use case you specifically object to.

That’s a fair criticism, but worth noting that if you’re plugging in an RD API then the vast majority of the time you’re not torrenting at all (and never on your network). You’re downloading from the cache. One person, one time has to request a torrent file to that cache. Which has likely always happened before you’re making any requests, unless it’s something very niche indeed.

With your capitalisation of “rip” there, I nearly had a heart attack thinking something (implausibly) had signalled the end of rips from streaming platforms lol.

Forgive my ignorance – what’s REX?

Yeah likely cause is something outdated. All working fine on my end

Here’s hoping YouTube Revanced on Android and Adguard on desktop continues to work, eh…

I always like the idea of private messaging apps in principle, though the reality is that the absolute worst people in humanity inevitably end up using them for their depraved and awful ends. So you know, a little from column A, a little from column B.

I would say the only potential issue (and it’s a remote one without any irl consequences as far as I know) is this: your IP is logged, and you can’t use a VPN to create an account or buy a subscription either, so potentially that information is all there. Plus, there is a download history for every file – I’ve no idea what they keep on record or how long. So in theory with the right subpoenas, information such as your IP, your bank details (if you didn’t choose an anonymous method), and the exact files you pirated are available.

I’ve no idea how much of that could be realized in practice. And I would like to be wrong about it all.

That said, the likelihood of all this is probably very slim indeed. I would describe this as the only potential catch. It’s worth noting that you wouldn’t be able to be penalized for an action such as “sharing” copyrighted content though, since you’d only be downloading, not seeding.

Thanks for the rec! I’ll check it out

Ah thanks for this, but Apple silicon support would be essential in my case

Yeah I’ve heard this before. I have a friend who got one, word of mouth in his case too. It works well for him and it’s tempting to try, but (a) he’s one of the least tech savvy people I know, so his recommendation counts for little, and (b) the service plays badly with Nord and he was advised to get SurfShark, which I don’t fancy doing. (And in my jurisdiction, VPN usage would be strongly advisable.)

I think to the uninitiated it’s a bit of a minefield. Are there guides to the best providers, and ones you can subscribe to using anonymous forms of payment?

I miss Ace and the old Bloodzeed streams. Didn’t know it was still being used

Your life will be better if you just don’t plagiarize.

This, but it’s very temperamental. Normally end up having to switch between 2-3 for a given match, and many of the best quality ones freeze and have to restart. Also, the comments boxes adjacent to all these streams are generally pretty toxic and strange. I miss the days of Bloodzeed and TorrentStream lol.

Guessing English isn’t the first language here (a few mistakes), and what he probably meant was that refund requests would be honoured, rather than that all purchases would as a rule be refunded.