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Alternatives to Real Debrid (Debrid Services) (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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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[–] tiredowl2020@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day 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.

[–] 01011@monero.town 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't say that Germany is the worst.

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

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day 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.

[–] rotkehle@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

debrid link is also hosted in France.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What are these?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 23 hours 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.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day 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.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

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

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day 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

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[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day 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.

[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Kind of misleading as all debrid works fine and there is no guarantee it will be "hit by the same hammer" anytime soon or ever. The reasoning your using is an appeal to probability which is a logical fallacy.

[–] vorpuni@jlai.lu 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

France has extremely powerful copyright trolls, restrictive laws, and a culture of oppression by bureaucrats. There's even a tax on storage mediums that goes to the MAFIAA. what.cd got nuked, RealDebrid got threatened hard enough that they gave in. I wouldn't spend any money on anything illegal hosted in France.

[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

I mean its already working again...

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Do as you wish, pay for what you want to pay for - its your money.

That being said; these services will have to comply with French law. Real-Debrid probably didn't have much choice to do what they did as they were hit with a formal notice from the French Federation of Film Distributors (FNEF). The french have been for a long while now been trying very hard to remove as many of these services as possible. First it was Hadopi agency, now merged with the Higher Audiovisual Council to form the more powerful regulator Arcom. Here's a SS from this article about their anti-piracy efforts in 2022.

Similar services that are hosted in France will have to comply the second they get a notice from Arcom. France is obviously way more committed to removing piracy I'd say its a good call to not pay into french services... Personally, I wont be paying for services hosted in France as I believe its only a matter of time before more are struck down.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 4 points 1 day ago

They where "hit" by the Federation of Film Distributors, not by any French court.

We can't assume any legal consequences just yet and certainly not outside French jurisdiction. People should keep their head together before jumping to conclusions of being hit by hammers, or by announcements or worse...possible hangings and guillotines.

[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not sure why there is so much push back. You made a post showing alternatives to real debrid but you crossed out all debrid even though it works.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 3 points 1 day ago

Are you not feeling the hammer of being hit by an announcement?

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How is Debrid-link? Its considerably cheaper than Premiumize

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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

[–] noride@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day 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?

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day 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.