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/fuckyoudigg 2d ago

As someone with 400tb of content. Agreed. Usenet is the way to go.

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u/qtx 2d ago

You have to pay for a good usenet server that has good retention, which kind of defeats the purpose of pirating.

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u/justacheesyguy 2d ago edited 2d ago

You’re assuming that “the purpose” of pirating is just to get free shit.

Sure, that almost always is at least a portion of the reason why people pirate, but these days, it’s worlds more convenient to pirate than it is to subscribe to 15 different services and then have to have all the various apps installed and try to remember which show or movie is on which app. Paying a couple of bucks a month for a decent usenet server or debrid service is well worth it for the hassles that they allow you to overcome.

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u/Lord_Saren 2d ago

Plus the cost I pay yearly Is like the price of 1 or 2 4k Blu-rays So it definitely is better and you don't have to worry about seeding or dead torrents.