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Cake day: July 30th, 2026

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  • I get it. I just have an entirely different workflow because my wife rewatches things, i share it with friends, and i have a moral obligation to share it with strangers.

    Want to watch something > find magnet > categorize as movie or show > wait a while > watch thing > seed indefinitely for others to download as well

    Or

    Receive request > find magnet > categorize > inform when finished > seed indefinitely for others to download as well

    Its that final step youre missing out on that brings me great socialist joy and finalizes the “owning” portion of the equation. I fundamentally disagree with streaming, paid or otherwise, because that final step where i get to share it with whomever i please.

    If i bought a video game in 1999, every kid on my block had access. If i bought a vhs, same thing. Nowadays, if i spend money on a movie or tv show, only i get to watch it. Music is inherently different and video games are a bit easier to share via my steam family, but you get the idea.


  • I… Dont understand the problem? Like if you want to just double click a file and open in VLC, just do that? If you have any level of organization at all, you have a folder of media??

    Like, i have a folder thats /media/shows. I want them in a library, so i tell jellyfin that /media/shows is my library, wait maybe 20 seconds and i have a netflix level library.

    Im not fighting you. I simply dont understand why you either…

    1. have some level of organization and thus can point jellyfin at it

    or

    1. have no organixation whatsoever and thus just double click to open in VLC

    Update; i understand secret 3rd option of

    1. you simply have no media on your pc whatsoever and thus want a collection of sources to stream from

    Which i can respect. Im horrified, but, i respect it.