You unfortunately lose Widevine support when you do this though (either switching to LineageOS or a mini-PC). That means you can't stream any of the mainstream services in anything like a half-decent quality.
It's very unfortunate that every streaming service has given up on supporting anything except Google-fied Android and Apple iOS/tvOS. I dont like the services to begin with, but a fully Jellyfin stack can only get you so far when there are niche requests involved as well.
> That means you can't stream any of the mainstream services in anything like a half-decent quality.
Maybe, but I don't think it's a big loss, and the *arr suite works just fine as a substitute.
That's the kicker I'm pointing out. It's a very limited number of people that agree.
If you're satisfied with the equivalent of 6-12 DVDs worth of content, or are only pulling the latest of a handful of shows and deleting them once watched, that's about all most people's setups will be able to store. But just like when streaming first started, people appreciate the 100s of TB of content from the streaming services and usually want that level of access.
I have 40+ TB on a >100TB system and we still use Netflix, HBO, or AppleTV+.
At this point I actually don’t know why I bother with the streaming services anymore. I recently watched a blu ray movie after a long time of just watching streams and the quality of the picture just blew me away.
Is there even Blu-ray level content available for series that are streaming only? Or is it restricted to just movie releases?
Edit: actually, now that I think of it, having the audio available in our local language instead of English is a boon for the kids. But otherwise, I don’t know why we bother.