Echoing on from @howdy, think of it as email: if you have a gmail account, you can still talk to someone with a yahoo account. The same principle applies here: given the URL (link) to community, you can subscribe to it and view all posts on it using an account on any server, so the sign up server does not matter to have access to all content.
SamSpudd
joined 2 years ago
Same here, feels interesting but good!
Like dfyx said, Jellyfin is a good free option, if you what another free(mostly) option, Plex is another good one which may be a bit more user friendly if all you want to do is stream your own media through the internet. If you want to only view files locally, then even a raspberry pi may suffice through some kind of local file viewer, but online (Plex, Jellyfin, etc) would be best for viewing on other devices too.
oops finger slipped