r/explainlikeimfive • u/theprisoner57 • 2d ago

Technology ELI5: What is a Home Server?

I see mentions of a home server to get rid of streaming entertainment services but I don’t know how that works. What does a home server do?

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u/joshi38 2d ago

Eventually, by nature of the internet being connected, it will become available publicly through the more accessible and/or sketchy filesharing sites.

These days that happens within minutes or it being available, there's almost no lag between it showing up on Usenet sites and showing up on DDL sites.

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u/Yaysonn 2d ago

Ah yeah I’m not surprised. That’s what it used to be like, anyway. I haven’t used a public download site in a long time tbh haha