Like another comment mentioned I'm ready to go back to torrenting. Im currently paying for 4 streaming service subscriptions (if you count YouTube premium) where I have super segmented and annoying search UX, and Apple won't even let me pay for their service in my EU county (Croatia). And the DRM story is ridiculous. I'll just setup ARR stack and have a better experience than I can pay for - for free.

I'll still keep buying stuff on steam.

Why would torrents use widevine?

It’s worked on Linux for a while, though it is limited to 720p I believe.

Imagine wasting CPU time with that, instead of watching a mkv file with mpv.

Why would anyone pay to be treated like shit.

Convenience. Always comes back to convenience.

Jellyfin + Arr stack would take a couple of hours to setup and cost $10/month for a seedbox in Europe, but it's not as convenient as downloading an app and logging in.

If it was just one app or even two I would agree but there's : - Netflix - HBO max - Sky Showtime - Amazon Prime - Apple TV+ - Disney+

This is just the stuff I watched this year.

Add in all the region locks, also not all the services having rights to local dubs despite them being available (more for children's stuff but still relevant, Disney+ is unusable for me because of this)

Netflix used to have a catalog worth keeping the subscription on, nowadays I maybe get to watch something once a quarter and keep it on for kids stuff.

Streaming is not convince anymore it's a shitshow.

I think a jellyfin/ARR/Seedbox setup is going to be the solution this year.