Hey all, more question time. What was the “push” that made you set up your servarr instance? For me, my wife is from a different country than I am. We both paid for netflix but due to region lock could never watch anything together without piracy. I realized very quickly that it was a worthless endevour to keep going with the dance so I just figured fuck it, Ill go all in.

  • computerboss@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    My family started doing movie nights during the pandemic. At first it was fine until I found out they were sometimes spending $15-$25 EACH to purchase or rent a movie for the week. So once I found out about Plex’s watch together feature it was a no brainier. Then later I decided to add radarr to make adding movies easier, and it just kept evolving to where it is today. At this point it is more expensive than just buying all the different streaming services, but much more fun and rewarding.

      • computerboss@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        2 years ago

        Well it’s been a while since I looked at streaming service prices, but let’s go with $80 a month for all of them.

        VPN: $8

        Hard drives: ~$1000 total ($20 a month for 2 years)

        Power: $15

        Semetrical Gig Internet: $20 (extra)

        Usenet: $12

        Total: $75

        Not quite as expensive, but it feels like it sometimes, especially when I have to drop $250 on a hard drive when one fails.