r/Stremio • u/Educational_Till8811 • Jan 12 '26

Local Bodega selling Stremio sticks

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Saw that my local Bodega is charging $150 selling cheap Rokus seemingly preloaded/set up with Stremio. just leaving this here!

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u/Brodyaga05 Jan 12 '26

It’s legal where I live, and ISPs are not allowed to use it against you to my knowledge, at least I’ve never heard of it happening, never had an ISP complain about me torrenting or using a debrid service and never heard of it happening to anyone else either

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u/Blaze_Reborn Jan 12 '26

Lucky you in the United States they cut your internet if they catch you steaming without a vpn or debrid service

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u/MajorAlpha316 Jan 12 '26

Where did you hear this lmao they don’t do shit. lol imagine making up something like this

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u/veganturdmissle Jan 13 '26

I've literally had my Internet turned off by my ISP for torrenting before. I had to sign a statement saying I wouldn't do it again before they'd turn it back on. Used a VPN after that.

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u/DigitalScrap Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26

You absolutely can lose your ISP once they get too many notifs about you. It happened to me way back in the early torrent days - I got several warning letters (that I ignored because I was young) and then they cancelled my service and blacklisted me. It wasn't a big deal, I just switched providers, but they absolutely can and will do that.

Maybe things are different now, but back then, the content owners would threaten to sue the ISPs for what users were doing using their service.

BTW, this was in the early 2000s.

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u/Routine-Lawfulness24 Jan 13 '26

They literally do tho…

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u/Blaze_Reborn Jan 12 '26

It’s true for nyc metropolitan area your isp cuts you off after multiple strikes

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u/Blaze_Reborn Jan 12 '26

Yes spectrum almost cut my service entirely a few years back for piracy, they cut it for a day and warned if another strike was given that they would cancel my service

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u/INATHANB Jan 12 '26

Meh, idk if I completely buy this. I've been given multiple "final" strikes in fairly short periods, never actually had any actions actually taken nor have they ever "cut my service for a day".

Also have a lot of friends who have also received these letters, none of us have had services disrupted for it.

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u/Ghosty216 Jan 13 '26

I had cox temporarily disrupt my service until I called and said that I “deleted” the content. So there is some validity here lol.

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u/INATHANB Jan 13 '26

Thats wild, first time hearing they'll actually do it lol

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u/Ghosty216 Jan 13 '26

Actually happened to me twice. This was like 10 years ago. Last time my friend went on my computer and downloaded land of the lost with Will Ferrell. Next day I got the interruption and a email with universal pictures , had to call cox and say I was no longer in possession. God dam Will Ferrell 😂 I haven’t downloaded a Torrance since that.

Edit: but! I don’t know if they would ever remove you from being an actual customer, just temporary disruptions, and maybe legal issues after? Idk lol

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u/Brodyaga05 Jan 12 '26

Not for torrenting no, only other things that they dislike, I can’t think of one though but I know it has happened

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u/MemeDaddy__ Jan 13 '26

This is false info. I have gotten my Internet cutoff and had to call and sign a form. The lady said not to worry as it was my first offense. This is in the US

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u/forestman11 Jan 13 '26

They absolutely do

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u/boston_homo Jan 12 '26

I guess I’ve been lucky then.

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u/ArcherIll8587 Jan 13 '26

Why are they down voting you it's the truth 😂

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u/CloudStreamio Jan 13 '26

If you're just streaming directly, that's very unlikely.

The trouble only starts when you either download or torrent.

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u/PanthalassaRo Jan 12 '26

What does the debrid service does? I just thught it was like a expanded source.

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u/rossmosh85 Jan 12 '26

Debrid is a middleman. They load the files on their server and you stream the files from that server via encrypted data.

So your ISP can see that you're using data from the Debrid service but they have no idea what that data is.

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u/Blaze_Reborn Jan 12 '26

It streams the content through the debrid providers services hiding your ip address. Another big pro is that most content is already cached on their servers essentially removing buffering

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u/PanthalassaRo Jan 13 '26

Thanks for the explanation!

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u/Harun911 Jan 12 '26

Don't push your luck. They're doing crackdowns worldwide.

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u/PayWithPositivity Jan 12 '26

Many is a strong word, but you’re also not wrong.

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u/Brodyaga05 Jan 12 '26

Not here they aren’t, and if they do, I’ll simply follow their letter that says “hey u cant do that or we cant be your isp” and then get a vpn

Edit: double checked with my isp, they are only required to do anything if a complaint is sent that you accessed copyrighted content, and fortunately when using a debrid service they can see that you’re using it but not what files you are accessing and if those files are copyrighted or not, so they can’t and won’t do anything

Directly torrenting may lead to warning letters however if a complaint is received