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From what I recall, this sort of stuff is usually kept as a closely guarded secret by those who do it. Perhaps someone else more knowledgeable about the practice could give some more insight.
Interesting, I wonder why that is. I guess to stay one step ahead of the corporations trying to prevent them from succeeding? I can't imagine it's to prevent others from following suit. Feels like that would be a weird motivation for people saving and disseminating content.
Usually the methods are not shared because streaming services would go out of their way to break them. Just like Youtube breaks yt-dlp every now and then. But Youtube is too big to implement any serious protection, so, downloaders usually win. I heard Crunchyroll is ripped via their mobile app, albeit modified. But specifics are better left in the dark.
Crunchyroll doesn't use DRM. You can use yt-dlp to download videos from it
To stay a step ahead of other crews, I would say. It is a competition
Is it? What's the reward? More recognition? More seeders?
It is a race and being faster than your competitors means you win. It's a game and the reward is dopamine.
Well said 😄
Monetization is another secret probably. Ads alone could drive millions on streaming platforms. I don't have idea on public or private trackers, but I guess is also more than what I could win in my life xD but that's probably me just being poor.
Does it, are you sure? Or is it only reducing the amount of investor money they burn a little?
Closest I've got to info is widevine keys extracted from insecure Android boxes. I'm happy just to download their copy tbh. It's usually just as quick, if not more so.
Interesting. I assumed if a ripper couldn't break drm they just recorded it with a capture card, compressed it and uploaded it.