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Which Real-Debrid alternative has the most cached content?
Why not just torrent?
Because Torrentio is more reliable with a debrid service.
I guess I'm just old, I dunno. What's wrong with just opening a magnet link and downloading a video?
My relatives exclusively watch TV on their smart TV, so something as close as possible to Netflix-levels of usability (search for content and watch it within a similar user interface) was necessary for it to work at all for them.
I wish Stremio had a better new content recommendation system, as running out of things to watch without knowing of new things means they often end up watching AI slop on YouTube instead.
Since I left last time Real Debrid threw pirates under the bus:
I used https://alldebrid.com/ but wasn't quite as good at the time. Maybe it's gotten better since RD 1st exodus.
https://www.premiumize.me/
Is what I switched to and use now. Has as much cached as Real Debrid did during their peak as far as I can tell over the past year or however long it's been. But it's more expensive since it's a combo service not just Debrid.
I've use Premiumize for years, usually get 2 years on the Black Friday sale. It's been flawless.
Maybe I'll put up with Real-Debrid until Black Friday and switch to Premiumize at the better price then; I don't use Usenet that often, but having it as an option would be useful (at a reasonable price point).
Are most things usually cached by Premiumize?
It has to be pretty old or weird to not be cached. And if it isn't cached, you can paste a magnet link and the site will pull it down to your cloud storage so you can stream it either off the site or through your preferred client. But I can count on the thumbs of one hand how often I need to do that in a year.
DM cody_premiumize on Reddit for a trial code: https://www.reddit.com/r/Addons4Kodi/comments/1tbltsm/premiumize_trial_codes/
No clue. I use newsgroups myself but I know there's a big debrid fanbase here so I thought I'd post the article.
Newsgroups surpass debrid in every way, unfortunately it is old technology and requires a little bit of technical knowledge. To use Usenet effectively you would need to create a server, and automate everything using arrs. It is worth it though cheaper than debrid and better than most torrent sites.
Not really what you're asking but if you google "free media heck ya" the top link should be a .net website. I use this to find what I'm looking for.
My main need is a drop-in replacement for Real-Debrid for Stremio for relatives to use; compared to other options, it's one of closest to Netflix levels of usability on a smart TV.
FMHY recommends Torbox, which also seemed to be the consensus of a Reddit thread I checked. It probably doesn't have quite as big of a library of cached content as Real-Debrid, but I've noticed specific shows and movies getting removed from the service already, so a switch is probably needed soon.
Premiumize is also commonly recommended, though its higher cost in exchange for also having Usenet functionality doesn't seem to be worth it when Usenet providers like Eweka have better retention.
I selfhost Plex and the *arr's with out much complaint. Symmetrical 1Gbps and 48TB space. Aside from some old content I've been able to get anything my family requests.
Back in the day I had a satellite dish that auto downloaded the encryption keys every couple months and I had full access to a lot of TV.... I REALLY want to set something like this up again, and I did some research. It seems the keys roll every 7 seconds now and you need someone with an active subscription who has a low latency server for you to poll. I haven't looked into it much beyond that. I know IPTV is the big thing now but I've never really got Into it.