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using a client that could see and vote in the poll in the 8 minutes that they had it open

The irony being that the ones upset by the API changes wouldn't be using the first party client, so if anything this would have filtered out the people in favor of closing down. I say "would have" because that would require this having actually being what happened. All of those polls I saw were open for days, and the people whining about the closures in the comments just didn't notice because they didn't actually use the site much or were just oblivious as shit.

I use Tidal instead of Spotify. It's not perfect, but it integrates with Plex, which I use to host local files as well.

I use Plex's app Plexamp for daily driver listening, but also will sometimes flip over to Tidal, which has really good stations including a daily one for discovering new artists. I use this when I feel like something new.

My local files are a mix of ripped CDs from when owning those was a thing, Bandcamp purchases (which are still my default way to obtain music if it's possible), and Tidal files pulled via Tidal-DL (when there's not a quick/easy way to purchase the music permanently).

Over time, I've moved from streaming full time from Tidal with local files to fill the gap of more obscure stuff to streaming full-time from my own collection while occasionally using Tidal directly just for discovery.

I setup Radarr/Sonarr/Overseer and shared my Plex server with some friends. They do the heavy lifting, and know when something's probably good when several of them are watching the same thing.

I'd be content extending that to include all social media "influencers," not that anybody cares what I think.

I use Tailscale when the need arises, but I honestly don't see ads on my phone very often even without the Pi-hole between good browsers, revanced, and not playing shitty mobile games.

I was mostly just questioning the usefulness of AdGuard on a tv box. It seems to have a pretty narrow scope, which could be better addressed through other means (better in that DNS-based blocking helps the entire network, not just the tv).

Not the guy you asked, but I use Projectivy Launcher. It's not FOSS, but it does a decent job of putting a suggestions/up next feed on the homescreen and is fairly customizable.

Yeah, this doesn't seem to provide anything a better launcher + Pi-hole don't already provide. At least on mobile, the ad blockers help when I'm away from home and not going through the Pi-hole for DNS queries...but my tv doesn't leave the house much.

While I appreciate your view, I have to disagree.

Then you're mistaken. I was commenting on the link you shared, which was the result of a version of PMS that was 2.5 years out of date and has absolutely nothing to do with sharing.

Though, after reading the rest of your vague, rambling nonsense, I suspect you're either some sort of bot or a moron. Not going to bother engaging with you further.

A: Why would a washing machine have internet access?

They can download customized wash cycles if you're into that sort of thing. They can also communicate through an app to do things like tell you when a load of laundry is finished, when it's time to run it through a self-cleaning cycle, and give specific details when it encounters problems (e.g., mine once notified me the hot water line was giving it cold water). They also allow you to start a cycle remotely, but tend to require enabling that manually via button press for some reason, so that feature's basically useless.

tl;dr: Yes, but probably takes some effort for most content.

Plex will play the files, but metadata is hit or miss. If it's something that's on thetvdb or themoviedb, it can be matched as a series or movie, respectively. With some effort, you could also probably include all the relevant metadata when downloading the videos, then have plex use local metadata, which could cover anything not big enough for the big metadata providers.

I think it's also possible to find plug-ins/scripts that will pull metadata directly from youtube, but I've had bad luck relying on that stuff and then development stopping, so I avoid it these days.

Got a link to the CVE?

That's more of a cautionary tale about running out-of-date software. A vpn wouldn't have affected it at all, and it's not especially relevant to OP's question. It also doesn't have anything to do with sharing content, not really relevant to your initial comment either.