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tech never works for long (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I work in IT and I've got most of those things.

But it is largely due to the inconvenience of installation relative to just coasting on existing home infrastructure. I also don't bother with roof solar and home battery backups, a household wide firewall, or anything connected to a raspberry pi. Just implemented Jellyfin over Christmas and my wife regularly throws up her hands at it, preferring Amazon Prime or HBO Max at every opportunity.

For the most part, the cost of an individualized IT component isn't worth the pain of support. If I was looking for an apartment or a condo, I would absolutely be interested in their building wide IT setup. But the whole point of IT is to deliver at scale. Homelabing can be a fun hobby but it's a shit-pay second job.