Fuck yeah

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.