Real Debrid recent changes explained
What happened?
Real Debrid is implementing far-reaching anti-piracy measures, including hash and keyword filters, in response to a notice from the French Federation of Film Distributors. The API and instantAvailability feature is also set for deactivation, while content from "notorious" pirate sites will be blocked.
If you want to learn more details about it, please read this post.
You can find the official communication from Read Debrid here.
How does this affect Stremio and its add-ons?
Addon developers have limited access to RD API, some cached content has been purged, and further actions are being taken.
Is there a workaround?
Even though the API access is limited, developers have found a temporary solution.
Torrentio
Please check the official message from Torrentio's developer.
You need to uncheck "Don't show download to debrid links" at the bottom of Torrentio settings (Debrid options)
MediaFusion
Make sure the option "Only show cached streams" is unchecked in MediaFusion (select Pro User in configuration mode)
You WON'T be torrenting by unchecking this option.
The content might or might not be cached, there's no way to know for sure. However, most should be.
Alternatives to Real Debrid
It's too soon to know what is going to happen in the future and the advice would be to wait for now, but if you are not willing to do it, you could try another service.
Keep in mind these services are dealing with an unexpectedly high volume of new subscriptions and some are getting overloaded, some are also based in France, the cached content might be relatively small, and the cost could be much higher compared to RD.
- AllDebrid: Based in France. Currently overloaded/down. Some users are reporting AllDebrid has issued refunds due to "unprecedented growth in our user base". More info can be found here.
- Premiumize
- Debrid-Link: Based in France.
- Easynews (Usenet network): Addon: Easynews+ EasyNews 2.0
- Torbox (Bittorrent and Usenet networks): Addon: Torbox. Currently overloaded (new servers being added on Monday)
You can check a comparison of the different services created by one of the members of our community here.
Can I get a refund?
Some users have reported that were successful in getting a partial refund. Some others were charged back right after. You can always give it a try if you are planning to move to another service at your own risk.
AllDebrid getting blocked
If you have switched to AllDebrid and are getting the following message: "Don’t have a valid subscription", create a new API key, update the key in the different addons (Torrentio, Comet, MediaFusion, and so on), and check your email to approve the login.
Request from the community
Please stop flooding the sub with related topics. It only creates chaos by misinforming users and adding overhead to the small mod team. Duplicated posts, including memes (go to the respective channel in our Discord for it), will be deleted.
If you have additional questions, please comment in this thread. Thank you!