Hey guys, I am a NextJs Dev. I want to make and anime streaming website. Ofcourse I am totally broke. I can't afford a database. Even if I could how does that work anyways? I mean, do I have to upload every single anime?? That sounds like a lot of work. How do sites like zoro or 9anime deal with it? Do they have their own db? I thought about webscrapping but I am not sure how it's done, if anybody could explain in detail I would be grateful. I am trying to understand how those stuffs really work. Also, I know an api called Consumet but I want to be able to make my own! I am working on a french anime website so I need to figure out how I can get the animes.
My previous website using Consumet API (still works check it out :)) https://poketv.vercel.app/
My advise if you want to work on a personal project which can be tied to piracy or copyright infringement is to avoid associating your real identity to it. I heard too many stories about experienced devs not getting any job offers or otherwise shafted due to past involvements with these kind of projects. For example, people suspect that Microsoft's decision cancel AppGet acquisition (and create WinGet instead) and shafted its developer (forcing him to kill AppGet) was due to his past contribution to Sonarr (a popular tool than can be used for piracy mentioned by others in this thread).