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Ownership of Digital Content Is an Illusion—Unless You Self‑Host (news.itsfoss.com)
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Prices are rising across Netflix, Spotify, and their peers, and more people are quietly returning to the oldest playbook of the internet: piracy. Is the golden age of streaming over?

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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

maybe I've been living under a rock but I don't get all this emphasis on hosting. What's wrong with having a file on your device that you just play when you want to

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago*

    There's nothing wrong with that, but self hosting opens up so much more flexibility, much like cloud hosted services we're used to. Jellyfin is like a personal Netflix where you can watch your movies on any device at any time. The convenience is obvious. For most cloud hosted services, there's an alternative that can be self hosted, and then you actually own your shit.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Self-hosting allows you to have all your files on all your devices, like many have used to with the streaming services. Also, some smart TVs specifically require to connect to some server to grab movies from.

    If you don't need any of that, regular hard drive will suit you best.

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