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Why bother with jellyfin, arr stack and everything else if free streaming services exist? (lemmy.world)
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This post contains content related to media piracy. I couldn't find any rules for this community and I don't know if it's allowed. I accept the risk of getting this post taken down or being banned without knowing the rules.

With that small disclaimer out of the way, let's tackle my question.

I'm a simple self hoster: I have single server made out of an Optiplex 3060 Micro (i5 8500T, 32GB, 14TB of storage in one drive), I use duckdns instead of a real domain and I have no supporting infrastructure. I don't really like watching things, I set up arr stack mainly because everyone says it's the best thing to use a homelab for.

My family have strong opinions on piracy and I know for a fact they wouldn't use my jellyfin, even if I tried to manipulate them, which btw is a really bad practice (if it's as common as responses under posts about getting people to use your homelab suggest).

I also have hard time getting them to even allow me to run my homelab (I'm a teenager, I live with my parents), because it takes space and uses power (for context idle is around 8W).

As I said, I don't watch things that often and even if I watch, I'm extremely monothematic, I watch basically only AOT and sometimes some random popular movie.

I understand that my situation is quite unique, but I find it hard to argue for Jellyfin+arrs when fmhy and countless reliable streaming sites exists.

I already made my mind, I'll stop using those services today. I'm interested how others look at this "problem" tho.

Are you hosting arr stack/plex/jellyfin?

How much is it utilized (in watch hours/week for example, mine was less than 2/week)?

Have you considered not using it?

If you stopped using it and went back, what happened, why did you change your mind?

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[–] gajahmada@awful.systems 6 points 2 weeks ago

This is just silly, but I'll chime in I guess.

I'm guessing you only ever deal with public trackers om the torrent sode of things.

Since I'm on private trackers (someone with usenet subs probably feel the same) the quality and moderation is far better than the streaming sites.

Also, I'm off the legit streaming sites like Netflix because I'm tired of them shoving things I do not care.

Setting it up the first time is a hassle but nowadays, I'll just open up my Seer instance and that's it. This inclide movies, shows, and anime. I don't hoard.

I know it's available cuz there will be a notification for it, most just a few hours after the broadcast at most.

I just open JF and watch it, idk what's more convenient than that.

I don't count since I do not care about stats. But my whole family use it. Shows/movie for my parents, k-drama/anime for me and sibling.