Hello guys, I’m curious about this meme, is there some literature where I can find someguides to test this? Thanks.

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    7 months ago

    So I just install the app, sign up, and I can start watching whatever?

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      7 months ago

      You’ll need to install the torrentio add-on.

      You should use a VPN, but it will work without one.

      You can use a debrid provider and remove the other stremio addons you don’t use. I’ve never bothered, and to be honest I don’t even really understand what debrid is.

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          7 months ago

          Marginally maybe? Installing an add-on in torrentio doesn’t take more than a second, but it isn’t a process most people are already familiar with, like entering credit card details to open an account.

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      7 months ago

      You’ll likely also need to pay for a Debrid service. It’s basically a download caching server, so if one user downloads a file, it’s available to everyone.

      With Stremio, that means that popular media will already have a zillion options pre-cached. If you want more niche stuff, then you can do the extra step to get your Debrid service to download it for you (assuming there’s a public teacher that has it with seeders.)

      It should also work for those download/file sharing sites, but I haven’t bothered to figure it out yet.

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        7 months ago

        Well that certainly sounds more difficult than any streaming service I’ve ever used.

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          7 months ago

          Eh, it’s different. I like that I can choose individual streams for different quality. I watch at 720p on my old TV with crappy WiFi, or 4K on my desktop. Anything mainstream enough to be on a streaming platform will already be loaded, it’s just obscure stuff you might need to add yourself, which you’d never get on Netflix anyway.

          We usually watch shows in Stremio even if they’re on Netflix.

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            7 months ago

            Okay, but I can pretty much guarantee my mom couldn’t figure out how to set that up.

            But she can get Disney+ going no problem.

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              7 months ago

              Yeah, fair. The setup is a bit technical for sure. You can set it up to default to different settings, though, so it would probably work well if the defaults are set correctly.

              Like, my crappy old laptop can only handle H264s, not H265, but you can select video codec as a default. At least, I’m pretty sure you can.

              My kids can manage it, and they’re only 6 & 8.