For those who want something like Plex used to be (self hosted, simple, fast, beautiful, no bullshit spam), definitely check out Emby. I’ve been using it for years and it’s fantastic!

I use parsec to play retro games with my mates by streaming from my pc. Works really well!

That is impressive. I host a fair amount at home but do rely on lots of cloud services too. My doorbell won’t ring on all my smart speakers if the internet is down!

Can see you from my local instance :)

Inb4 YouTube starts charging for API access… too soon? :(

Very nice guide, thanks for taking the time!

I can honestly say since Twitter did this I’ve hardly ever used it