I guess it’s a platter vs energy cost thing. For me it’s way cheaper to buy more storage for my little puck PC that can handle ~4 streams at 1080p and sips power.

that makes one of us

Man, people really do like nonchalantly taking themselves out of the existential equation huh?

You don’t understand the purpose of automation?

I don’t want to fuck around on a few sites just to watch something ‘right now’. My setup let’s me request any media I want and it’ll get pulled, scraped, and made available to me, my friends, and family near instantly.

If you’re not trying to cultivate your own tastes then you’re just letting a corporate blackbox drive your interests and aesthetics.