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Everybody in this thread: "Instead of that, just do this incredibly complex techy thing and build up your own library with multiple PBs of stolen media"
I'd love to ditch my Roku stick (already unplugged LG tv from internet). I use plex for some stuff...
I probably will set up a raspberry pi but most people cannot do this
EDIT: just set up LibreELEC and tried a few streams ... this sucks lol.
It's actually very easy. Don't use your TV as anything but a display. Don't connect it to the internet ever.
If you need to watch content on it get an appropriate device. If you want to watch BluRays buy a BluRay player. If you want to do streaming buy a streaming device at a price point and privacy level to your liking. Yes the streaming devices collect some data too but they don't have mics and cameras and they can't tell corporations and the government the contents of the vacation photo slide show off your laptop which you plugged in. Also you can in future often neuter many of the more expensive streaming devices and if you get sick of the streaming device you have, you can just buy a different one and sell the old one.
As to librelec and "sucking". If you're trying to do yo-ho stuff with free streaming sites and services it isn't going to be great. Frankly if you want some quality and good experience either pay for a commercial streaming service (or a good IPTV one*) or invest in learning how to host your own content with an Arr stack. This used to be a lot cheaper but AI has ruined everything. Nothing we can do about that.
*yeah good ones are hard to find and one should never pay ahead as many of them vanish suddenly.
This is what we're currently doing. I unplugged tv from internet, and only use Roku stick or plex.
Yea I assumed the free services like Pluto, Tubi, even PBS stuff would work great. Not really...
It sounds cool but it also sounds like those would be totally jank. I did something like this years ago for watching hockey games, and is was ok..., but like you said it just disappeared one day.