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RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Just canceled my 4 year old subscription. Can’t wait to hear the complaints from my kid but Netflix is likely next.

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whereyaaat@lemmings.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Nice.

You wasted hundreds of dollars and have nothing to show for it.

You are average!

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thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The missus and I sat down about a year ago and tabulated up how much all of the various streaming subscriptions were costing us per year (it was close to $1,000 when including YouTube Premium).

We cancelled every single one, and put that money towards building a home NAS and filling that up with downloaded media. No more ads, stupidly low bitrates, or TV shows & movies disappearing because a license expired.

The server has more than paid for itself at this point, and every additional spare dollar is being put aside for our kids’ tuition.

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- ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Never too late to introduce them to all of your favourite classic games, either
  
  Easier if you start with Bomberman Party on the PS1 or the arcade Neo Bomberman. I think those play much better than anything Bomberman released after 2004
  
  If the kid enjoys strategy, starting out with Age of Empires should be easy. Or just leave them messing around with Settlers 2
  
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- RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I have a 16TB server and an extensive steam collection. I already explained it to him and he was fine about it.
  
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  - thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Even better! What are you running on your server?
    
    Ours is just an old QNAP I dug out of storage with 4x8TB drives in RAID5 - but am eager to try out HexOS on a proper system once I have some spare time.
    
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    AlfredoJohn@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Out of curiosity, what’s the electricity cost per month with your server running 24/7 now? Or do you schedule down time when its not in use. With all the datacenters poping up, electricity rates have gone through the roof, so looking at that, do you end up saving more still through this route?
    
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    RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s running windows out of convenience but I’ll be swapping to Linux soon.
    
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