Hi Folks,
I have a question. Thinking about installing a NAS but not sure if it's worth it. I currently have a Linux box connected to the TV as a kind of media box. I have a multilingual family so this works really well to get watchable media from both Europe and Asia.
The reasons I'm considering a NAS are: because I think ownership should mean I own my copy of my data, I don't want to pay someone else to store it, as the internet shuts everything away behind paywalls I don't want to play that game, I want to distro hop without losing my data, I want a copy of my important stuff (photos, classic movies, epubs etc) with some backup style protection (yes I know a NAS is not true backup), I want to protect myself against a future in which file sharing is much harder, I don't want to engage with the age check verification fiasco and I don't want the big monopolies to scan my files so they can advertise to me or surveil me.
BUT I already have a lot of media and, if I'm honest with myself, I tend to watch new media rather than rewatching the older stuff I have.
Is a NAS really worth it?