Zedstrian

What’s the 0.1% that wasn’t backed up?

In that case, I recommend getting the Onn 4K Pro for 75 CAD and following the guide I wrote here. Same process with Stremio, except that it works better on Android, and you can also easily use YouTube ad-free with SmartTube.

There’s cheaper Android devices out there, included cheaper versions of the Onn (Onn FHD for 39 CAD and Onn 4K for 53 CAD), though if possible, I recommend getting the 4K Plus for its higher specs if you decide to go this route.

StreamEast still seems to be up.

Assuming you have an iPhone, unless your main reason for using IPTV is live sports, I’d suggest Stremio with a Debrid service instead, as Debrid services typically have more VOD content available. Several Debrid services are available, but Real-Debrid (~25.54 CAD per 180 days) seems to have the largest library of cached content.

Since Stremio itself isn’t available on the Apple App Store anymore, Omni is a suitable alternative (one-time ~13.82 CAD cost). You would then install it on both your iPhone and Apple TV (configuring it on your phone, with the settings syncing to the Apple TV) and install the Streaming Catalogs add-on (for recommendations based on other streaming services) and Torrentio to fetch content from the Debrid service.

As Torrentio and free add-ons similar to it at times becomes unresponsive under high load, Debridio is a paid (~13.82 CAD per year) alternative if reliability is essential. Personally I prefer Torrentio’s results, but keep Debridio as a backup.

Gr0lum shouldn’t have revealed the IP addresses of YGG moderators, but the YGG admin is disgustingly transphobic:

The rules of the competing tracker, set up by these same individuals, clearly show their true colors: anyone who doesn’t buy into their woke ideological vision isn’t welcome. “LGBTQI+ phobias” are placed on the same level as fascism or racism, and any “debate” on the subject is purely and simply forbidden. In other words, if you’re not comfortable with the idea of dad putting on mom’s wig, you’re not welcome on their platform.

At least with Proton VPN, it seems that some VPN servers are blocked while others aren’t. Trying with one server worked, while another resulted in a 403 Forbidden error.

Seems like the solution is to just change VPN servers until you find one with an IP that isn’t blocked. Otherwise, the Torrentio configuration page shows the following message, and Torrentio itself can’t be used in Stremio:

If you use Torrentio with Stremio, Torrentio blocks VPNs, though I don’t know why a VPN block would be impacting one platform but not another.