my favourite netflix client is jellyfin tbh. it fixes all of netflix's probems.
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2025
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Does anyone know if it's possible to run a self-hosted Jellyfin server without having to run an entire data center on your house? I could do something simple like a NUC or equivalent and a tiny NAS, anything else?
There's people running old raspberry pis with USB hard drives.
It'll run on just about anything.
Though, you'll only be able to stream original quality, no on the fly quality changes for low speed connections and such.
NUCs (specifically Intel 8th?-gen or later) are pretty much ideal for serving Jellyfin because the Intel integrated graphics can do video transcoding and the software is actually not very demanding otherwise, so the low-power CPUs are fine.
If you were buying hardware specifically for Jellyfin (i.e. didn't want to cobble together something used), I'd suggest an N100 or N150-based NAS mini-PC like this: https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-me-mini-n150
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I have my jellyfin running on ubuntu server on a 12 year old PC with a bunch of salvaged HDDs added in, plugged into my standard home internet. I have like 10 people I share it with. So far it's not made a noticeable dent in either the internet usage or the electric.
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When is the next VC driven company that focuses more on growth than profit coming? I feel Netflix and all the other streaming services are ripe to be overtaken in the same way Netflix overtook tv channel packaging.
To streaming?
Never.
Streaming is a finite market that is already covered. The moment old money (aka existing media companies) jumped on it, it was done for.
I definitely understand your view and personally don't see a way to disrupt the market either. I just hope someone else finds a way.
the next VC driven company…
With you so far
that focuses more on growth than profit
Ah - there’s your problem. VC companies simply don’t do that.
The investors focus on growth first, then they enshittify. They were just saying it's time to start that cycle again.
Ah - there’s your problem. VC companies simply don’t do that.
They most certainly do and then either cash in by selling to the next more risk adverse VC or sells it at a loss if they believe the company failed to disrupt the market.
Ah - there’s your problem. VC companies simply don’t do that.
That is exactly what VC companies do. That's why they need the VC money. First you conquer the market at a loss. Only when users have no other options to escape to, you start squeezing them.
Well if they stay private and don't let the other companies just buy them out when they are small to squash the competition. Otherwise it's impossible to be a disruptor now.
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Changes like this are always made to "Enhance the user experience" yet the UX only goes backwards
They recently made everything massive blocks of color so now it's impossible to read anything. Damn splash screen takes up a third of my TV
They're made to “Enhance the ~~user experience~~ profit”
“Enhance the user experience” is just what the dev or documentation team writes when management dictates that they drop a feature. The only reasons they would have dropped it:
- Dev work vs actual customer usage (e.g. it wasn't getting a lot of users but devs had to maintain it with each update)
- People were using it to intercept the stream and capture movies to pirate.
Every decision is about increasing profits first, and UX almost always takes a back seat to that
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Just go Piracy. Real-Debrid + Stremio, Torrent + Hayase or anything else that’s with Piracy.
My lazy ass just torrents on my pc and plugs the HDD into my Shield which has Kodi on it.
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Lol why?
Genuinely seems pretty arbitrary given you need to use their app to start the cast anyway
The fact that casting to older devices is allowed on the expensive plan but not the ad-supported one offers a clue.
Because fuck you, that’s why. I’m sure they will re-introduce the feature behind a paywall soon.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Once you tell a company that you are willing to pay for something more than once, prepare to get fucked, because that’s all you’re gonna get. And not the fun kind.
Casting support is still available on older Chromecast devices or TVs that support Google Cast natively, according to Netflix’s support page, but only for subscribers on pricier ad-free plans, which start from $17.99 per month. Netflix users with an ad-supported subscription ($7.99 per month) will be unable to cast from their phones even if they own legacy Chromecast devices.
Paywall already there. Excerpt taken from the linked article.
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Thou shalt buy a smart tv or other device that we can pull metrics from and force advertising to.
And require to login too
Make no mistake, this was intentional before the holidays so families visiting relatives can't just cast Netflix from their phone to watch something and will require someone to login and use it one of their authorized devices...or coerce them to upgrade if they already have too many authorized devices
The kind of people they're pissing off with this, are the same people most likely to switch to bittorrent.
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Use Jellyfin. Fill your server with treasures procured from the high seas. Watch on any device. Sync play with far away friends or family.
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As if I needed another reason to never get netflix again. 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
The only good thing about Netflix is their diverse global library.
As in, a Netflix subscription plus a VPN, gives you access to a large library of global content.
Taking that into account, it's probably still the best streaming service, which means they're the shiniest turd in the toilet.
But still, Jellyfin FTW.
enshittification
What possible benefit does this offer to Netflix? Are they trying to avoid paying licensing fee or something?
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1936: any universal turing machine can mimic another
2025: unfortunately your turing machine has a shape we don't like so we will block you from using it productively despite the fact that it has the exact same hardware inside that other machines
The best part is how in the end-stages of capitalism, everything keeps getting worse for consumers. While prices go up, even. It's awesome. /s
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Yeah... There goes my subscription. I'm casting everything to Chromecast on my older TV.
Seems like if you've got the ad-free plan and an older chromecast you're still ok... For now. This is indicative though that the service may not be viable for long for you.
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As a Chromecast user, it seems like Google is trying to kill this feature anyway.
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Between their new interface and this, it’s like they are actively trying to get you to use it less.
Awesome. Another reason to never give them money again. 👍
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