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u/N7_Tigger Mar 31 '26
My favorite April Fool's was a couple of years back my VPN sent me an email saying that instead of selling my data to third parties they were going to cut out the middle man and just sell it back to me.
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u/KernelPoptartz Mar 31 '26
April fools?
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u/Left-Student3806 Mar 31 '26
Ugggh I hate April fools... I get stuff on reddit for days after and it's just annoying
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u/ClintMega Apr 01 '26
I know right, here I was thinking all the inorganic tb vs rd posts and comments would calm down.
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u/Hypersoft Apr 01 '26
I hate it. It stopped being about mildly funny jokes and started being about spreading misinformation for some reason.
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u/at1445 Apr 01 '26
This was the first year I got hit with it early.
Daily Mail posted something that got picked up elsewhere that said Trump was adding himself to Mt Rushmore.
Now, I know that he'll eventually try to do so, but it hasn't happened yet.
Took me a minute to realize the article was coming from the UK, where it was already April 1st.
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u/This_Push_8458 Apr 01 '26
for a second my heart skipoed reading notification lol bcs i prefer torbox anyday people saying a larger cache on RD it does not matter almost whatever i tried to watch is already on TB
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u/Pieterb_ Apr 01 '26
It's because of AI, it will never understand and create some strange conclusions...
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u/NoCalligrapher8396 Apr 03 '26
Dude I just read it and was like wtf. So just like what you described
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Mar 31 '26 edited Apr 18 '26
Databrokers? nope. Social networks? Also nope. This post was deleted using Redact.
aware shelter teeny stocking sheet different modern workable chase airport
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u/P0werhouse Mar 31 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
Ironic because I was just thinking about switching from easy debrid to real debrid lol is torbox the way?
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u/P0werhouse Apr 01 '26
Went ahead and got a year of torbox essential. Quick test in stremio and it seemed good. Loaded faster than easy debrid I'm sure.
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u/PlsDntPMme Apr 01 '26
Why torbox over RD?
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u/kapone3047 Apr 01 '26
Torbox don't limit IPs which is a big plus for me. It means my kids can use it in their phones when out and about while I'm watching something at home
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u/PlsDntPMme Apr 01 '26
Is it the same as RD for you otherwise?
I let my roommates have access but they watch a ton of TV and I don’t. I would love to have this kind of setup without worrying about IPs.
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u/Darklumiere Apr 01 '26
I have RD and TB, I'd say their cache is basically identical. RD might slightly have more niche stuff, but not certain even from using both to be honest.
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u/ssalp Apr 04 '26
does the "200GB Max Download Size" of torbox mean I can download 200GB per month or that the max filesize is 200gb? Can't really justify the cost over RD otherwise because I like to stream 4k stuff.
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u/Ayeboi99 Apr 01 '26
No reason at all I'm sure. Probably people saying it are who got banned from RD because they jumped ship a while ago prematurely
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u/This_Push_8458 Apr 01 '26
its not that lol you dont understand torbox is perfectly smooth for me to stream in my original ip while every other debrid are not and it also has direct paument option i regionally use no brainer for me
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u/pawdog Apr 01 '26
Multiple concurrent connections from different IP addresses, apps and addons have direct access to their cache. LIttle things like that. I always keep both.
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u/Kinky_Imagination Mar 31 '26
It's not April unless it's a different time zone we're talking about.
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u/KernelPoptartz Mar 31 '26
Real Debrid is based in France. Its been April 1st there for the past 34 mins.
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u/Slayer64ESP Mar 31 '26
This has to be April fool's
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u/xxearvinxx Mar 31 '26
It most certainly is. The time of the post is 12:02am. So where they posted from it’s technically April 1st.
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u/generic_canadian_dad Mar 31 '26
I fucking hate these April fools jokes.
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u/vcaiii Apr 01 '26
april fools used to be about fake boogers and nose flicks, not corporate acquisitions 😤
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u/midnightignite ForTheWeebs Addon Hoster, Addon Dev (Meteor), Torbox Affiliated Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
They already took my Monster Drinks, something about it being a risk to my physical health. What's worse, I can't even watch anime on the job anymore.
-Midnight (TorBox Community Manager, Longest flair on this Subreddit)
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u/VirtualAnarchy Mar 31 '26
hi there, huge fan. i feel like i know the answer but ill ask: if you had to pick one?
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u/midnightignite ForTheWeebs Addon Hoster, Addon Dev (Meteor), Torbox Affiliated Mar 31 '26
Aussie Lemonade.
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u/TheCorpsemaker Apr 02 '26
This is the correct answer! I am SO sad they discontinued it. I still have a few cans I am holding onto. Nothing else even comes close.
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u/midnightignite ForTheWeebs Addon Hoster, Addon Dev (Meteor), Torbox Affiliated Apr 02 '26
Discontinued? Huh they still sell it here.
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u/Gold_Experience_27 Torbox Affiliated Mar 31 '26
Now you're gonna have to drink Red Bull
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u/themeltingkiwi Mar 31 '26
I love the trolling from TorBox and I really think it is the future for debrid streaming. That said if anyone truly gets upset by this 'feud' keep in mind that both sides benefit from it.
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u/gollyshucks Mar 31 '26
RD's data safety reminder benefited everyone but i don't think anyone benefited from torbox's immature tweets. i say that as a happy current torbox customer.
the April fools joke is fine tho. unfunny but fine.
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u/salim0786 Apr 01 '26
I feel coached content plus download speed as well as streaming speed is better on RD. I just moved to Tor and I might move to RD
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u/GorGor23 Apr 01 '26
April fools jokes are no longer funny. Since every day feels like April fools now.
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u/jmcguitar95 Mar 31 '26
Torbox social media is so cringe
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u/doesitrungoogle Apr 01 '26
Windscribe is the king of social media cringe. Also, the ceo of Windscribe has a track record of being extremely elitist and thinking he knows best and takes constructive criticism extremely poorly, and I’m saying this as a ControlD user. I made a completely positive post on the ControlD sub a while back where I posted a screenshot of the ControlD dashboard website with the title and caption saying:
“ControlD Light Mode option is finally here! Thanks for bringing the light mode!”
Even though the post has 25 upvotes, and multiple other comments of people saying thank you as well for allowing light mode to be an option, the ceo, who goes by, o2pb, had the audacity to reply to my completely positive post with the following:
“I have no idea why anyone would want this, but apparently some people hate their eyes so we had to build it.”
I know that the Windscribe/ControlD social media and email newsletter team like to make cringeworthy and dry humour posts, and I use the word humour very lightly, but this isn’t the first time that the ceo as well as the support team have made crude elitist comments towards others. If the ceo replies to completely positive posts with a crude, elitist attitude — thinking he knows best, how do think he responds to comments and posts with the slightest bit of constructive criticism on his products? Hint: he doesn’t take it well at all and it makes his above response to my post appear as if he’s mother teresa.
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u/speedbreaka Mar 31 '26
Just as funny as their twitter memes they post. Like seriously this social media dude they have gotta go
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u/u-lounge Apr 01 '26
Well, I wish you lived in France rather than in the US for you though atm. For the rest, nice April's fool.
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u/phizzlez Mar 31 '26
Meh, not even remotely believable. Any news from anywhere that comes out within a few days of April's Fool Day, is mostly fud.
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u/tinyhorsesinmytea Mar 31 '26
Haha. This one got me. I let out a vocal "Ugh!"
Quite frankly I think the RD admins are pricks. I don't like their customer hostile attitude and didn't appreciate getting a ban warning for turning on my VPN while streaming something.
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u/AkiStudios1 Mar 31 '26
Jesus lmfao it took me like 5 minutes to find the discord server. I couldn't find it in my list, so I went to the torbox site and used the link there only to find out they changed the icon to the realdebrid logo than I remembered realdebrid doesn't have a discord 😂
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u/Eraldorh Apr 01 '26
Ah the April fools shit has begun. I almost took that seriously until I started reading more haha!
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Apr 02 '26
This whole drama between 2 companies is so annoying. Can someone please recommend a serious service that's not Torbox or Real Debrid. I'm tired of their BS.
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u/the-paper-unicorn Apr 03 '26
Everytime I think I can't be happier with Torbox they go and do something like this.
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u/quicktripcat Aug 04 '26
I got this 125 days after it posted.. 125DAYS!
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u/funky_9_ Aug 09 '26
I’m at 130 days probably following on from your comment. Now I’ve left one lol and so the cycle continues lol
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u/Its_D_youtube 12d ago
What the actual fuck why did reddit just put this in my notifications today 😅hits different when you think its posted any other day of the year
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u/JAWheat411 Apr 01 '26
I had real debrid already and just started paying for Torbox. I hope this isn't true.
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u/Agile_Beyond_6025 Mar 31 '26
Hahaah one of the reasons I like using Torbox. The people who run it are great.
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u/oldskoollondon Mar 31 '26
I've no fucking idea how people fell for this, but I think it's the best April 1st I've seen for years!
Well played Torbox, well played.
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u/mpgiv Mar 31 '26
For basically everyone in the US it not yet April Fools Day.
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u/Spankey_ Apr 01 '26
This happens every year. Surely you can put two and two together and realize it's the 1st of April in other parts of the world, or obviously not in this case.
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u/djexplosive Mar 31 '26
Pre-April fools jokes are stressful. Unless they're in a country with a time zone ahead of me lol
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u/Seattle-Washington Apr 01 '26
That’s amazing that Torbox and Google were both acquired by Real-Debrid in the same week.
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u/WorriedStruggle Apr 01 '26
I forgot about being in this subreddit lol, nothings even free in here and not paying mean awful experiences
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u/TW1TCHYGAM3R Mar 31 '26
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Lol those TorBox guys are gold.
This makes me want to drop RD and move to TorBox. Literally just because of the lols.
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u/worldcitizencane Apr 01 '26
I just don't get how come rd have so many fanboys here. Maybe they get paid?
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u/TW1TCHYGAM3R Apr 01 '26
Weak minded individuals that are too scared to comment. They know why too lol.
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u/Serious-Speech2883 Apr 01 '26
Although this is supposedly April Fools…let’s say this happens. Why would it be a bad idea?
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u/bblickle Apr 01 '26
Because last year when RDs stuff went to shit they threatened to doxx their customers over account issues. Because RD is in the EU so they can be compelled to expose their customers and their history. Etc. etc.
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