Comment on surely your hobby can't be that expensive
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 18 hours agoIMO piracy and self hosting has great cost benefits.
Sure it costs money to buy a mini computer and a hard drive, but after, you can spend a long time building that library and it won’t cost you a dime.
And the computer and hard drive is more like an asset, you don’t really lose money when you buy it.
And it kind of pays you back, eventually you get a little tired of building your library but then you can use said library and integrate it into your lifestyle while you get a new obsession.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
also, there’s a high when you hoard data like a dragon
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
And what’s great about it is that it’s a positive sum game, you being a data dragon only ensures it’s easier for others (seeding and it becoming a trend).
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Basic concepts like property or ownership make absolutely no sense in the digital world.
By letting people hoard files like a greedy dragon those files are infinitely more available to everyone, in a decentralized network that is free to use and is superior (in content, efficiency, speed, cost) to every for profit company that streams content.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
but that smoking monkey was mine i tells ya mine