[xnyan]

Some paid pirate services actually do offer good value for the money. I’ve used a torrent caching service that has any torrent that lets me cap my gigabit connection for any torrent that has been crawled by them or user-uploaded, in practice this is a lot, and if they don’t have it, they will act as a client and acquire it for you, including seeding it for as long as you’d like. It costs $1-2 USD a month, well worth it for me.

Paid pirate IPTV streams can have better speeds, better reliability, and less or no ads. I don’t personally watch live TV so I don’t use these services, but if I did I would definitely pay a small amount for the conveniences above.

[BLKNSLVR]

Real Debrid are having a bit of an enforced change of policy regarding the content that they cache.

[sph]

Can anyone explain on technical terms what Real Debrid is? I tried Googling and all I get are layman explanations like "provides access to premium hosts" which doesn't make any sense.

Also what a terrible name it is. Why Real? Is there an original Debrid? And I can't not associate the word with debridement (don't google if you can't handle gore)

[BLKNSLVR]

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-does-debrid-mean-jzfY2...

That explanation kinda linked together concepts I'd previously read about "debrid" services.

My summary of what they do (from further down the thread) was: Aggregator of premium access to a selection of file hosting sites, plus caching of content that's popular amongst their Customers.

I'm not sure of the applications of their service outside of streaming (copyrighted material), so I'd be a little bit wary of their potential for longevity of service. Never bet on centralised piracy.

aspenmayer also had somewhat of an explanation downthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42293386

[qingcharles]

What are they changing?

[BLKNSLVR]

https://torrentfreak.com/real-debrid-implements-extreme-anti...

[aspenmayer]

There are a lot more debrid providers out there, but they are one of the more recognizable names.

You can even self-host your own:

https://github.com/debridmediamanager/zurg-testing

Lots more debrid info, services, and tools here:

https://github.com/debridmediamanager/awesome-debrid

[BLKNSLVR]

I think the point is more that the noose is now tightening on these kinds of services. Real Debrid was the first top be targetted because they appear to be the biggest / most popular (from what comes across my monitor anyway), so I'd assume that wherever the bulk of those specific customers move to will be the next target.

(I don't totally grok what service 'Debrid' provides, but various people seem to rave about it. Currently looking up more information. Summary: Aggregator of premium access to a seclection of file hosting sites, plus caching of content that's popular amongst their Customers)

[aspenmayer]

Sure, but each case has to be tried on its own merits. It’s a cat and mouse game, not a certainty of enforcement.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see that behavior of pirate streaming sites such as clones and (modified) limited hangouts as aspects of strategies to combat enforcement while segmenting the market to increase profits and/or limit exposure to downside risks.

Debrid services act as a shared cache of requested torrents/magnet links as well as digital locker services sold as upsells on a premium tier. It’s facilitated as a WebDAV API and/or direct HTTPS downloads generated via unique hashlists that encode magnet links.

It can be incorporated into search addons for things like Stremio or Kodi or Jellyfin or Plex so it’s basically just-in-time streaming from a cache that just-in-time downloads a torrent or digital locker file, backed by a time-based cache that usually is provided by the debrid provider, similar to how paid newsgroup providers advertise retention, but also with downward pressure to avoid long-lived links to avoid DMCA takedowns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_segmentation