Google is far less ethical than F-Droid, and yet the developer doesn’t mind leaving it up on there.

It’s likely that some SurfShark IPs would work if you switch servers enough times, though Jackettio doesn’t block VPNs and could be used as an alternative to Torrentio.

If you don’t mind a $10 a year added cost to your Stremio setup, Debridio is essentially a drop-in replacement for Torrentio that doesn’t block VPNs and doesn’t stop working under high load (something that happened to Torrentio over the winter holidays).

Personally, I use Debridio, Jackettio, and Torrentio together for added reliability.

If it’s obscure enough there’s always the chance it just hasn’t been uploaded anywhere, unfortunately, but perhaps someone else has a better idea.

Did you try Anna’s Archive and Libgen?

They’ve whittled down game ownership and are now ready to toss it out the window completely to increase their profits.

If you’re using Torrentio, then it’s probably not SurfShark at fault, but rather that Torrentio blocks access if it thinks you’re using a VPN.

In terms of paying for Torbox, Real-Debrid also blocks most payments from VPNs, so I’m not sure if any of the other Debrid services are better in that regard.

No worries; on the rare occasion a comment involves listing a price for something, I generally try to not default to US$ if the subject matter isn’t the U.S. if I can help it.

I got my boxes in the U.S. to take to Europe, so unfortunately I’m not sure what the situation is for the Canadian version; odd that they didn’t roll out the firmware update to those devices though.

Ars asked Fractic if community forums would also be blocked. In response, he said that old school bulletin board systems are permitted, but Reddit is not.

If their strategy is blocking major app installations, along with the services themselves at the DNS level, at least the Fediverse is probably not big enough for them to have bothered to block it.

The production of white-label products is a relatively common practice.

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 for them at all.

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.

Because Torrentio is more reliable with a debrid service.

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?

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 options 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.

Which Real-Debrid alternative has the most cached content?

How creative of them, finding ways to enshittify an already shitty product.

Anything other than a commitment to allow hassle-free third-party app installations without the presence of Google Play Services is a distraction from the most meaningful change in Android 17.

I hate that I have just a shitty quality picture of a picture of that moment.

I’d personally still rather have the authentic moment captured than an AI-polished version of it.

Note that Debridio doesn’t work without a Debrid service; it exists merely as a paid alternative to Torrentio for when it’s congested with too many users at once. Doesn’t happen too often thankfully.

I personally prefer how Torrentio formats results, but unreliability with the service has frustrated family members in the past (the point of using Stremio in the first place being to make torrenting as much like using Netflix as possible for non-techies) and made having an alternative useful, just in case.

In reconfiguring Torrentio, make sure you uninstall it before reinstalling it, as it doesn’t overwrite it.

I will mention I did renew the real debrid subscription which seems fishy - I used to use TorrentioRD+ but it doesn’t recognise my subscription so I can only use Torrentio.

Torrentio is much more reliable with Real-Debrid than without; did you get your API key from Real-Debrid and add it while configuring Torrentio?

Even still, Torrentio can at times be unreliable, as other free debrid indexers can also be. An alternate option to use alongside or instead of Torrentio is the paid Debridio service ($10 a year).