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I cant deal with all this shit of trying to find out which streaming service has a movie I want to see. And now I will be also forced to watch ads? i\u2019d rather touch grass", "context": "", "use_case": "streaming movies", "switched_from": "", "story": "Disney+ changes subscriber agreement to allow ads on every plan"}, {"id": 741882384, "item_id": 46367649, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367649", "by": "rochansinha", "date": "2025-12-23", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using realdebrid with POV on kodi and it works like a charm.", "excerpt": "I have been using realdebrid with POV on kodi and it works like a charm. Saving a bunch by not needing to subscribe to what seems like a million OTT\u2019s", "context": "", "use_case": "streaming links", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: CineCLI \u2013 Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal"}, {"id": 738726064, "item_id": 46170379, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46170379", "by": "jascination", "date": "2025-12-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This, but Real-Debrid. No need to self-host TBs of content and manually download them", "excerpt": "This, but Real-Debrid. No need to self-host TBs of content and manually download them. This slightly outdated guide helps you set it up pretty easily - instead of Zurg+ Black hole, use Decypharr https://savvyguides.wiki/sailarrsguide/ Real-debrid == imagine a huge cloud storage service. 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I cant deal with all this shit of trying to find out which streaming service has a movie I want to see. And now I will be also forced to watch ads? i\u2019d rather touch grass", "context": "", "use_case": "streaming movies", "switched_from": "", "story": "Disney+ changes subscriber agreement to allow ads on every plan"}, {"id": 760741938, "item_id": 47546371, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47546371", "by": "micael_dias", "date": "2026-03-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "It\u2019s 2 clicks with tools like Stremio. I use Plex with the arr stack and sure it has more configuration needed upfront but once that\u2019s done you no longer need to figure out which streaming service has what. Plus things like realdebrid mean you don\u2019t even need storage anymore.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent"}, {"id": 741882384, "item_id": 46367649, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367649", "by": "rochansinha", "date": "2025-12-23", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using realdebrid with POV on kodi and it works like a charm.", "excerpt": "I have been using realdebrid with POV on kodi and it works like a charm. Saving a bunch by not needing to subscribe to what seems like a million OTT\u2019s", "context": "", "use_case": "streaming links", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: CineCLI \u2013 Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal"}, {"id": 741818850, "item_id": 46363678, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363678", "by": "cantalopes", "date": "2025-12-23", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "it streams directly via real-debrid or premiumize", "excerpt": "I highly recommend setting up a kodi combo: real-debrid/fen/seren/coco scrapers/tmdb helper with your trakt account/arctic fuse 2 (netflix like skin). It is a complete \"stream everything\" netflix interface. It takes quite a while to understand how to set everything up and needs tons of customization (which is also a positive), but reddit is your friend. For example this is a good guide (although bit dated, some info ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: CineCLI \u2013 Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal"}, {"id": 738726064, "item_id": 46170379, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46170379", "by": "jascination", "date": "2025-12-05", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This, but Real-Debrid. No need to self-host TBs of content and manually download them", "excerpt": "This, but Real-Debrid. No need to self-host TBs of content and manually download them. This slightly outdated guide helps you set it up pretty easily - instead of Zurg+ Black hole, use Decypharr https://savvyguides.wiki/sailarrsguide/ Real-debrid == imagine a huge cloud storage service. 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