Real-Debrid Implements Extreme Anti-Piracy Filters to Appease Film Companies (torrentfreak.com)
from misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world on 22 Nov 12:01
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[deleted] on 22 Nov 14:45 next collapse

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residentmarchant@lemmy.world on 22 Nov 15:27 next collapse

Oh wonderful, I renewed my 6 month subscription last night…

Nutteman@lemmy.world on 22 Nov 16:04 next collapse

Fuck me, same

Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world on 22 Nov 20:40 collapse

You can still get your money back for it if you payed with a card, it’s not like RD will be useful again. Might as well reclaim the money you just spent on it.

BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml on 22 Nov 14:50 collapse

This is the main reason I always preferred running my own arrstack over paying for realdebrid. Besides mullvad VPN going out of business suddenly (which wouldn’t be that hard to switch) or taking down all torrent indexes simultaneously, there is no service that can be taken down using the law that would interrupt my media consumption. And even if all torrent sites went down tomorrow, I can trivially hook back up my arrstack to a dht crawler and ill be basically fully decentralized, pulling infohashes from the ether and downloading using purely P2P technologies with no (practical) central point of failure.

misk@sopuli.xyz on 22 Nov 20:05 collapse

Usenet still works well enough too and doesn’t require a VPN. Bit of a pain to get into but that’s probably the best thing it has going for it. Every easily available source seems to be closing these days.

BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml on 22 Nov 20:35 collapse

Doesn’t usenet usually cost money too though? I see them as about equivalent, it’s just that I already need a VPN to access certain porn sites in my state so I might as well use the same subscription and torrent for free instead of adding another cost.

misk@sopuli.xyz on 22 Nov 21:11 collapse

Usenet costs money but has been most hassle-free once I got it going. I pay around ~€10 monthly on average by extending my subscriptions and stocking up on block accounts during sale periods (like now). Subscriptions are usually offered as bulk deals with VPNs too.