I recently signed up for a VPN and raised the sails after hitting the limits of frustration while trying to find a few older movies that no streaming service seemed to carry.

I had a Plex server set up around a decade ago and decided not to deal with the hassle of it when I moved to a new city.

But man, it's just crazy how much easier and better downloading your own copy of media is. And with stuff like Sonarr/Radarr out there it's easier than ever before. I need to build up some more storage to really go all in, I've just been doing everything manually thus far. The experience is worlds better than dealing with the various bullshit of streaming.