Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it*
9bananas@feddit.org 3 weeks agonot true, it does sort of the opposite:
debrid services cache torrents in order to provide them at high speed to clients (that’s why they aren’t free: they need data storage).
this is a good thing, because it means the swarm is only taxed once per file, instead of constantly by potentially hundreds of streamers.
from stremio’s FAQs:
How Debrid Services Work with Stremio
Stremio itself is a media center application that aggregates content from various sources through add-ons. Debrid services enhance this experience by:
- Converting limited or slow hosting links into high-speed premium links
- Providing access to higher quality sources that might otherwise be unavailable
- Bypassing throttling and download limitations imposed by file hosts
- Offering cached torrents for instant streaming without waiting for peers
potustheplant@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
So you’re telling me that they’re offering a paid service for free. That makes me trust and want to use it even less.
9bananas@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
use or don’t; who cares?
just don’t spread lies…
potustheplant@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Sheesh, this place is turning into reddit faster than I’d like. Relax dude.
Psythik@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Stremio is free, the service you need to cache the torrents (Real-Debrid) isn’t. It’s about $/€3 per month, which is still cheaper than a VPN (which you need for torrents but not for Stremio/Debrid).
potustheplant@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Wait, so if I get this right, stremio has nothing to do with debrid on its own. So if you just use Stremio, as is, you are leeching a torrent you don’t seed?
Psythik@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Correct. Without a Debrid service, you stream the torrent directly from the tracker. It’s also slow AF for all but the most popular content so you really don’t want to go without.
(In my experience most torrents are already cached on Debrid, BTW, so there’s no hit and run since you’re just downloading the file directly from a server.)