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?

  • nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Streaming services exist, and i used to use them faithfully, here are some issues with streaming services:

    • not all content is high definition. Some older sttuff is bad quality and better quality can be found elsewhere like bluerays
    • if the subtitles suck then you are stuck with them. When selfhosting you can download better ones for those shows.
    • licensing changes and a show you’re watching will be moved to another provider… or not at all. It’s just gone.
    • for a family wanting to watch different shows at the same time, 1 service may not be enough. You may need 2 or 3 or even 5. That adds up $$.
    • ad-free experience, quality of streams, number of simultaneous streams, etc are monetized under streaming services. This does not happen when you selfhost
    • You are giving money to large companies that will use their wealth and power to screw you over.

    Those are just some that come to mind.

    • garbage_world@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      02·
      8 days ago

      I’m talking about piracy streaming sites. I never even considered paying a subscribtion, thar’s why I don’t have a real domain

      • HairyHarry@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 days ago

        So piracy streaming sites are ok for you and your family, but pirated copies are not. Did I understand this right?

        • garbage_world@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          01·
          8 days ago

          No, for my family no piracy is okay and for me all piracy is okay. They use their streaming services and I use my free streaming sites