What does real-debrid do? - eviltoast

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?

    • jeanofthedead@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Well that’s true. They’ve already torrented it for us. So there’s no need for us to actually torrent it again. No time spent waiting, no storage space necessary, no VPN’s- just instantaneous streaming to your TV. Too good to be true.