On: Ask HN: What do you self-host?

[saagarjha]

Plex can and is often used for hosting content that you own the rights to.

[DominoTree → saagarjha]

I have well over 2,000 publicly-available cybersecurity talks on my Plex and I'm currently watching one right now.

I also have piracy.

[whalesalad → saagarjha]

Sure, in the same way that BitTorrent can be used to download Linux ISOs :)

[reificator → whalesalad]

I pull in about two batches of 5-30 torrents every month or two for content I paid for on Humble Bundle.

People who use bittorrent legally do exist, or at least there's one of us.

[cannonedhamster → reificator]

There's tons of people who use BitTorrent legally. Some companies use it on their servers to keep them in sync.

[berti → whalesalad]

It's an excellent way to download Linux (or BSD) ISOs. Much faster than the nearest HTTP mirrors.