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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Sasori323@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
 

I was looking through the megathread and saw this real-debrid thing. I have heard this name some times so I read what it does but wasn't able to understand it. If someone could explain it to me I would appreciate it.

Also, it caught my attention that "it's a good way to prevent your IP from ever hitting the torrent's swarm, which is the main cause of receiving copyright infringement letters". Does this mean it's an alternative to a VPN when torrenting? Is it like a seedboxes or something? Are there any free alternatives?

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[–] mestari@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (16 children)

I finally managed to familiriaze myself with it a week ago. Fucking awesome is what it is. In simplest terms Real-Debrid caches torrents so you can stream them from their servers instead of downloading the torrent. The cache is massive and expands constantly because any time something isn't cached already, it is cached when someone wants to watch it.

I use Stremio with Torrentio addon, it just works. The user experience is much like any legal streaming services.

Real-Debrid conceals your traffic from your ISP by using HTTPS, but the service does keep track of your IPs. It's best to create the account using an email untraceable to you, pay for the service with crypto or paysafecard and always use a VPN when logging in to the site or streaming. There's always a slight possibility that someone manages to hack into the service and use your data against you, so don't provide them any traceable data.

Real-Debrid costs 3...4 dollars per month, it's not expensive. The free or cheaper alternatives are not good. A good VPN is another 3...4 dollars so combined it's still cheaper than using a regular streaming service. I very much recommend getting into it, just remember to cover your ass.

PS. Real-Debrid caches torrents from like 20 different torrent sites and once they're cached it doesn't matter how many seeders the original torrent has. That means for example that you can stream stuff that wouldn't even be available on the torrent sites you know or use.

[–] ninakuup21@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The website says that pricing is based on the country you are located in which sounds kinda risky to me tbh, is it still worth it?

Also if the answer is yes is there a country that I can pick in Mullvad that has the lowest prices? Or should I pick the country I am living it though I don't believe it exists in Mullvad

[–] mestari@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hmm I didn't even notice the price would vary based on your location. Are you at https://real-debrid.com/ for sure?

I really don't know what they'll do if you use the service from an IP unrelated to the location you selected when you pay.

[–] ninakuup21@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh nevermind, it says something like the amount in local currency will also be displayed. I somehow interpreted it as price varying depending on the country. Here's the original text if you are curious:

You can find all of our premium offers here : https://real-debrid.com/premium

All our prices are in EURO (EUR - €) but it is also displayed in your currency based on your current location. If you want to double-check, you can convert them in your currency with this website : http://www.xe.com/

Informations :

  • Additional fees may be applied by your bank if your bank account is in another currency (for currency exchange)
  • There are no recurring payments (one time payment only).
  • Days are cumulative, it means that if you still have remaining days, the days you buy will be added to your current number of days.

It can be found by typing "price" into the help section.

Choosing the country you live in when using the VPN would be better then?

[–] mestari@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Ah okay now I understand too.

I like to choose my own country in the VPN, I think it's the best bet for connection stability. Contract wise I don't think Real-Debrid cares at all what your IP is, so many people fake it anyway.

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