Plex server doesn’t need to be “portable”, and running it in docker definitely doesn’t make it easier.

There absolutely are programs that make sense to run in docker, but Plex server isn’t one of them.

There’s zero need to run Plex in a docker container.

With a single year of those VPS costs you could have just bought a plex lifetime pass on sale lol

Avoiding paying a one off fee or subscription by paying a different subscription for a more complex and worse product is amazing.

Isn’t it hilarious that the best solution to do remote streaming using the free software that people use because they don’t want to pay for a Plex subscription or one-off cost is to pay for at least one subscription, maybe more?

It’s almost like the reason Plex charge money is because it’s not free to do.

You only have the world you live in thanks to capitalism. Without calitalism things like Bitwarden wouldn’t even exist.

Companies exist to make profit. Investors want profit, that’s why they invest. That’s why these products exist in the first place.

There’s no better system than capitalism, and complaining about “late stage capitalism” and blaming everything on it is dumb.

No one is being “sold out” lol. Anyone using the free tier has had a great run with an amazing service without paying a cent. Can’t complain about that.

I already pay for Bitwarden as it’s a great service that brings a lot of value. I’m happy to pay for it, and have zero anger at a company wanting to make money from their product.

Others might disagree, but companies can’t exist without making money. It’s insane that there are somehow still people that don’t understand how business works.

My work just started giving out 6 sponsored family licenses per employee which is awesome, so I’ll actually get to stop paying for it for a while.

Word of warning - I wouldn’t be running anything with a battery in it as a home server. If you can disable battery charging that would be much better, or removing the battery would be best - but don’t make this a long term thing.

They didn’t say it was accessible to the internet.

Homepage is the best one I’ve found so far. Home assistants UI is just awful imo.

I’m trying to understand why anyone would opt to self host an instance just for themselves. What are the benefits? A hypothetical that has likely never happened isn’t a benefit.

RustDesk:

https://rustdesk.com/

You can host it all yourself.

Is a hypothetical that is irrelevant. It’s not a good reason for hosting your own instance, which is what I’m trying to understand.

That’s not really an issue in reality. You’re afraid of an instance owner posting under your account?

*arr works just fine with “find something random to watch” if you set it up that way with lists.

Yeah it is, because you can just set it up to automatically download whatever you want if that’s what you prefer. You can just set up lists to watch for content that matches certain criteria. I’m sure there is even one that would mirror Netflix.

With radarr etc you typically download content and then move and rename it in post processing. You can’t stream it in Plex, as it doesn’t even show up in Plex until after all of this has happened and Plex has scanned the folder.

Of what exactly?

I’ve never understood the point of hosting your own single user instance - can anyone explain?

You think Windows is a dead end? The OS that is the overwhelming market leader in the category?

This is pure delusion.