The End of Real Debrid + Stremio Streaming Solution?

edisonAU on 22/11/2024 - 06:35

Real Debrid has just announced the following notice below. Is this the end of Real Debrid + Stremio as we know it?

There are others like All Debrid, Premiumize but not sure how well they are compared to RB

https://x.com/realdebrid/status/1859673163681960169?s=46&t=v…

Following a formal notice from the FNEF (https://fnef.fr/les-adherents/), Real-Debrid is strengthening its anti-piracy measures.

As you already know, we actively comply with DMCA and are already blocking a certain number of infringing torrents.

In the coming hours:

  • audiovisual files available on a number of cyberlockers listed on the USTR blacklist or listed in the European "CCounterfeit and Piracy Watch List" will all be blocked.
  • a filtering by file name will also be applied, in accordance with the request of the FNEF, this may unfortunately lead to false positives that we will process manually.
  • a blocking of all torrents hashes of private torrent trackers mentioned in cases at the Paris judicial court
  • a complete purge of files potentially cached on the previously mentioned criteria
  • the deactivation of the API endpoint /instantAvaibility
  • a blocking of counterfeit Kodi / Stremio applications to the extent that they are identifiable
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Comments

  • EightImmortals on 22/11/2024 - 07:46
    +22

    oh ffs.
    Can't they set up in a country that is outside the reach of these parasites?

    Discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/RealDebrid/comments/1gwnd3a/end_is_…

      • EightImmortals on 22/11/2024 - 11:28
        +8

        Don't mind paying if I can get a refund if the product isn't as advertised.

      • Caped Baldy on 24/11/2024 - 11:02
        +3

        or you know, allow consumers to own products they actually buy.

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 22/11/2024 - 08:01
    +19

    Surely they must have had a plan b in event of this

    RD: yes - dies

  • longy317 on 22/11/2024 - 09:15
    +2

    Lucky I didn't kill off my Plex server…
    See how this plays out.

    • Bruceflix on 22/11/2024 - 09:19
      -5

      At some point they'll come after Plex. Jellyfin will be the last stand.

      • longy317 on 22/11/2024 - 09:49
        +12

        They won't do anything to Plex. There isn't anything illegal about it. The way some end users utilise the software is not on them.

          • meong on 23/11/2024 - 13:12
            +11

            @miwahni: Napster was also helping the distribution as well.

            If you notice its mainly the distribution that gets attacked.

  • DGrayson82 on 22/11/2024 - 09:38
    +52

    Knew this day would come, it had just gotten too popular

    As someone on reddit commented 'When you hear your computer illiterate uncle talking about it at family gatherings, its gotten too big'

    • harveyworld on 22/11/2024 - 13:18
      +1

      I think that comment just about sums it up perfectly….

  • Bignudge on 22/11/2024 - 09:40
    +8

    Noooooooooo, I just renewed it for another 180 days just yesterday.

    • Soldier on 22/11/2024 - 10:56

      me too but last week lol

    • WwDesi on 23/11/2024 - 10:55

      Get a refund

      • EBC on 23/11/2024 - 17:00
        -1

        I literally signed up for the first time yesterday. Does RD actually have a way to request a refund or just charge back through card?

        • mparf on 24/11/2024 - 19:03
          +1

          loads of people on Reddit have requested refunds with no issues through CS

  • theguyrules on 22/11/2024 - 10:12
    -2

    17 days left. not much time wasted.
    This just makes me glad I keep adding to my Plex server instead of just streaming

  • EightImmortals on 22/11/2024 - 10:24

    So from further reading a lot of folk are just going to wait and see what actually happens. I have found another decent looking (so far) alternative JIC RD does go down.

    • andyholloway on 23/11/2024 - 21:22

      What is the alternative?

      • EightImmortals on 24/11/2024 - 14:17

        I was thinking torbox at this stage.

  • bio on 22/11/2024 - 10:48
    +2

    There are alternatives like Premiumize, Torbox etc but I haven't tried any of them. Can anyone recommend an alternative that they've personally used?

    • Soldier on 22/11/2024 - 10:55
      +1

      I'm currently testing out torbox and it seems good. some people on reddit suggest that premiumize is better (more cached content), but its also 3-4x more costly than torbox.

      • ykwon10 on 22/11/2024 - 11:04

        Is Torbox equivalent of RD and can be used with Stremio?

      • RED27APPLE on 22/11/2024 - 17:39

        I just checked both & for a 12month plan with fees included
        - Torbox $83.28US - $128 AUD
        - Premiumize $70EUR - $113 AUD

        • Aap Ke Papa on 22/11/2024 - 23:39
          +3

          Wow. torbox is expensive in comparision to RD

          • liongalahad on 23/11/2024 - 09:09

            @Aap Ke Papa: Thats the more expensive tier. The cheapest plan is much cheaper. But torbox doesn't work well at all for now.

        • Bretttick on 24/11/2024 - 08:28

          What a rip.

          Family cinema is cheaper $64US

        • TheFreaK on 25/11/2024 - 11:21

          It's cheaper than RD if you need simultaneous streams.

          Also, that's the most expensive plan? Great comparison buddy

          • bert-lifts on 25/11/2024 - 13:57

            @TheFreaK: People don't even read the pricing plans lol. They just assume you need the most expensive. Pretty sure with torbox the cheapest will be fine for most basic users.

    • liongalahad on 23/11/2024 - 00:54

      I'm finding totbox absolute garbage. Very few sources and most of them not working. Not sure if it's because I'm on free trial but it doesn't look promising.
      Looking at alldebrid or premiumize next.

      • heef on 23/11/2024 - 02:36

        Just wait. They've had a massive influx of users due to the RD news. They bought more servers that'll be active on Monday. I recommend checking out the official discord, devs are super active.

      • Pobman on 23/11/2024 - 08:32

        Free trial does not have the streaming option.

        • liongalahad on 23/11/2024 - 09:02

          It says 10 downloads per month?
          But anyway, the amount of cached content is very disappointing.

          • Pobman on 24/11/2024 - 13:40

            @liongalahad: Yes you can download through their site, but the trial didn't allow streaming.

    • Ooops on 23/11/2024 - 15:36
      +1

      AllDebrid

      • Spoungeyscoo on 25/11/2024 - 01:10

        I have this. It’s slightly worse than Real debrid but hopefully stays up.

        • bert-lifts on 25/11/2024 - 02:22

          alldebrid is based in France too so unfortunately it's only a matter of time for them as well if they get popular.

  • punkindrublic on 22/11/2024 - 11:00

    I'm considering whether to try Torbox, or switch to Usenet and try Easynews…

    • blakeclayton12 on 22/11/2024 - 12:38
      +3

      Torbox is great, but since this morning they have been getting slammed (naturally) thanks to the reddit forums so give it a couple days. I can vouch it works for me pretty consistently

      • punkindrublic on 22/11/2024 - 12:40
        +2

        I ended up giving Easynews a try ($1.99 per month for the first year) and it seems to be alright as a backup - slower to load content, but once it does it runs well.

        I've got a soft spot for Torbox though so tempted to grab a subscription for them too!

    • TheFreaK on 25/11/2024 - 11:22

      Torbox will be the next go to once it gets back on its feet

  • AusRetro on 22/11/2024 - 11:12
    +2

    Premiumize or AllDebrid. Premiumize is currently running their annual Black Friday sale. AllDebrid is a lot cheaper even at regular pricing and also normally have a Christmas sale, but they're also based in France.

    • EightImmortals on 22/11/2024 - 11:30
      +2

      Alldebrid is also in Fance so buyer beware.

      • liongalahad on 23/11/2024 - 00:55

        Premiumize also in Europe.

        • dingdong3000 on 23/11/2024 - 11:45

          Pretty sure Premiumize is based in Malaysia

    • TheFreaK on 25/11/2024 - 11:22

      Torbox

  • tinx on 22/11/2024 - 11:15

    65 days left 😩

    • TEER3X on 23/11/2024 - 21:52

      159 days left :(

  • blakeclayton12 on 22/11/2024 - 12:34
    +3

    Been using Stremio + RD + Torbox for over a year now. RD was the GOAT of debris services, but TB is by far the second best choice

    If you plan on jumping on TB, do it now whilst it is on sale but remember the following
    - most people are going to jump ship from RD over the next few days, so TB servers are going to be absolutely slammed! If it doesn't work, trust the process and wait a few days once TB settles down from the mass overflow currently happening

    TB doest have the most cached content, and I cant even find if they have AUS servers but I have found it good over the last few months

    • liongalahad on 23/11/2024 - 09:06
      +2

      "TB doest have the most cached content"
      This makes it absolute garbage for me, at least for now

      • PurchaseAnxiety on 26/11/2024 - 07:00

        This is one thing I’ve struggled to understand about debrid services. If they don’t cache content, what do they do that’s effectively different from a standard P2P torrent?

        • liongalahad on 26/11/2024 - 08:44

          That do cache content. But the number of people using them heavily affects the amount of continuously cached content. RD was great as almost everything was cached all the time. TR is currently garbage and pretty much useless.

  • Aap Ke Papa on 22/11/2024 - 23:38

    torrenting feature is still usable until RD figures out a solution

  • mafim on 23/11/2024 - 00:49

    105 days left, it worked yesterday but sadly not any more.

  • Lurk Hartog on 23/11/2024 - 06:42

    It's still working for me. Am I missing something?

    • liongalahad on 23/11/2024 - 09:08
      +4

      The torrentio developer has modified the add-on and it works again. But it's a temporary fix, as RD is planning to remove all copyrighted cached content.

  • WwDesi on 23/11/2024 - 10:52

    Moving too

    Black Friday: Premiumize 33% Off! 🖤

    Hello there!

    Our Black Friday special is now live, by far our best deal of the year!

    Premiumize Special Black Friday Offer! 🎉

    For a limited time, we're offering a 33% discount. The 3 year deal reduces our membership to just $3.86/month, making it our most attractive offer yet!

    Your Premiumize Benefits:
    - Premium Streaming: Plugs into many apps for high quality streams
    - Access Top Filehosts Links: Rapidgator, DDownload, and many more
    - Secure Torrent: Load and store 1000 GB online within seconds

    • RED27APPLE on 23/11/2024 - 11:29

      Do we know when the sale ends?
      My RD is still working so I’m not in a hurry to move over since I still have 133days left

      • WwDesi on 23/11/2024 - 12:01

        The offer is only available until November 30th, 2024.

    • polarq on 23/11/2024 - 12:52

      They are based in Europe too (Belgium) i feel like they might face the same consequence as RD, eventually…
      https://www.premiumize.me/dmca

    • spiderbite88 on 23/11/2024 - 13:29

      It's still around $6-$7 a month. I think this is our best option?

      EDIT: Torbox is $3.2 per month

      • TheFreaK on 25/11/2024 - 11:26

        Yeah less than $40AUD per year right now

  • RED27APPLE on 23/11/2024 - 11:26

    Does anybody know how many parallel streams can be used at the same time on Premiumize?

    https://www.premiumize.me/help/article/device-limit - ‘parallel use is also possible and permitted’

    It not very clear

  • JakeyJooJoo on 23/11/2024 - 13:38
    +1

    Lol, got 5 months left.

    Surely RD will comply temporarily, while migrating operations to some other less policed location such as Laos.

    Compliance shuts down their gravy train

  • Roe Jogan on 23/11/2024 - 13:56

    i just checked my membership and i got 128 days left and 600 points. also i just opened up the app to select a movie gladiator from start 70gb played in 5 secs no issues, anyone else having problems? no problems here so far

    • WwDesi on 23/11/2024 - 14:09

      It will work for now but soon it will be gone

  • Roe Jogan on 23/11/2024 - 14:13

    can someone who is a pro make a table comparing Premiumize to All Debrid to Torbox?

  • spasto on 23/11/2024 - 15:08
    +1

    I got my partial refund from RD this morning (expires in Mar 2025). Just be polite.

  • this is us on 23/11/2024 - 15:51

    Oh no! 😯

  • Korban Dallas on 23/11/2024 - 16:14

    Just got 12 euros refunded. Took like 5 mins

    • 11112007 on 24/11/2024 - 07:37

      I was surprised how quick RD are processing refunds. I got a response 45 seconds after sending my request through.

      • RED27APPLE on 24/11/2024 - 08:44

        How did you apply for a refund, and what did you say? Thanks!

        • 11112007 on 24/11/2024 - 09:09
          +2

          Support ticket

          Copy paste this

          Could you please give me a refund for the unused portion of the XXX days that i have paid upfront?

          Thank you. I hope to be a customer again in the future!

  • Roe Jogan on 23/11/2024 - 16:48
    +10

    just did a bit of digging on reddit, someone did a complete comparison, bottom line is alldebrid is the best atm, wait till monday till torbox upgrades systems than someone will do another comparison, here are the results:

    Comparison of RD Alternatives on Stremio
    I have or just obtained a subscription to Alldebrid, Easynews, Premiumize, and Torbox.

    I tested all of these in Stremio via the following addons:

    Alldebrid: Torrentio

    Easynews: Easynews and Easynews+

    Premiumize: Torrentio addon

    Torbox: Torbox addon

    I was mainly interested in seeing whether for the content that I have been watching lately - mainly TV shows and anime:

    Are there cached links?

    Are the cached links for high quality large files? In some cases, are there cached links for small files (where that was more suitable for certain devices)?

    Is the service fast?

    Based on the above criteria, I rank these 4 services in the following order from best to worst:

    Alldebrid: Generally, most cached content and fastest. <<winner>>

    Premiumize: Lots of cached content, but slower than Alldebrid.

    Easynews: Some "cached" content, relatively slow to start streaming.

    Torbox: Almost no cached content.

    Based on the above and the fact that its regular price is quite cheap (paid $3.16 for one month), I currently lean towards just paying month by month for Alldebrid. However, I expect that it will be the next to fall given it's based in France.

    Of course, this comparison won't be suitable for everyone, but can serve as one data point.

    Updates/Edits:

    • I just tested out Link-Debrid's and Offcloud's free tiers via Torrentio and can comment on how they do on cache availability for my content though not on speed. Link-Debrid came out middle of the pack comparable to or slightly ahead of Easynews. As for Offcloud, it's a bit of a toss up for last place between it and Torbox with hardly any cached content.
  • OpayuOnam on 23/11/2024 - 16:54
    +1

    Can someone ELI5 to me the difference between Usenet and Debrid?
    And if I get something like Easynet, Torbox or Premumizer do I simply get access to Usenet or do I need to do something else to get Usenet access?
    Does Usenet with these services work the same as Debrid where you can stream cached stuff or you have to download them first?

  • Alpine58 on 23/11/2024 - 20:43

    Seems to still be working here! Hopefully that continues.

  • Piranha2004 on 23/11/2024 - 22:37

    Thank god I didnt buy premium. Wouldve been another waste like many others.

  • 11112007 on 24/11/2024 - 07:36

    I've switched to AllDebrid for now. Pay monthly because they are also France based.

    • amsaini15 on 24/11/2024 - 08:32

      How are you finding All Debrid as compared to RD?
      Is there a step by step guide on Alldebrid setup?

  • Binchicken22 on 24/11/2024 - 10:55
    +4

    Was always going to happen, when random 50 year old men who can barely use their iphone are talking about how easy piracy is on facebook it was always going to get shutdown… You should at least have to put a little work into being a pirate IMO.

  • Dunks on 24/11/2024 - 11:55
    +3

    When you got everyone boasting about it in ozbargain, it was doomed. It's like fight club, what's the first rule? No one talk about fight club.

    • bert-lifts on 25/11/2024 - 02:37
      +3

      ozb is irrelevant lol. It was basically going viral on most forms of social media. Frankly it was too easy.

      • Roe Jogan on 25/11/2024 - 20:34
        +1

        yeh reddit and those dummies making short form content for followers and clout on youtube and tiktok

  • DemocracyManifest on 24/11/2024 - 14:57

    Not surprising

  • Pootie Tang on 24/11/2024 - 16:05
    +2

    Its working. They've moved the servers

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