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I was looking through the megathread and saw this real-debrid thing. I have heard this name some times so I read what it does but wasn't able to understand it. If someone could explain it to me I would appreciate it.

Also, it caught my attention that "it's a good way to prevent your IP from ever hitting the torrent's swarm, which is the main cause of receiving copyright infringement letters". Does this mean it's an alternative to a VPN when torrenting? Is it like a seedboxes or something? Are there any free alternatives?

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[–] Rotkehle@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

also really popular in Germany, because if you download the torrent yourself, you can get a huge fine from the copyright owner.

[–] mestari@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've wondered if Real-Debrid actually is German made too. The dash in the name gives that vibe.

[–] ehyuman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

how does a dash sound german?

[–] Boeman@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

der strich... That's how.

[–] mestari@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the most commonly spoken (Western) language that uses a lot of compound words with and without dashes. I always tend to think there's a German speaker involved when I see dashes used in English where a native English speaker wouldn't use a dash, hah.

[–] PunchEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

How-did-you-know-im-german??

[–] themeltingclock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It’s French, I suspect based on the entity receiving the payment