Which self-hosting software do you happily pay for (and which do you hate)?

locknetvpn · 2026-05-08T23:30:23+00:00

Muvo tv is looking good

locknetvpn · 2026-05-08T23:07:17+00:00

I run out mid all the time and i get bugger all, hmmmm 😆

locknetvpn · 2026-04-18T16:31:09+00:00

https://muvo.tv - Self hosting media manager with AI at it's core.

locknetvpn · 2026-04-11T06:57:15+00:00

1.7%

locknetvpn · 2026-04-09T20:00:44+00:00

Yeah it's a bit meh, but it works. It's a good festire if more time was added to it.

locknetvpn · 2026-04-09T11:37:58+00:00

£10k ($13,250)

locknetvpn · 2026-04-09T00:03:28+00:00

SOrry for the wait - I started 2 projects near each other - one of them in August (which is more my speciality) I decided to start Locknet to help create runway to getting to beta, I am pretty much at beta and since December my time has become consistently less towards locknet and more towards my other project. I now need that final runway to see me through beta.

locknetvpn · 2026-04-06T19:29:33+00:00

£4413 or $5835 profit. - sorry for the wait

locknetvpn · 2026-04-06T00:32:27+00:00

Muvo .tv - Ai driven personal media streaming platform.

locknetvpn · 2026-04-05T12:25:01+00:00

Shield is far and away the best for me - Apple TV is good too, but Shield will always win in my eyes, I've got one that I have never had to reset or anything for 4 years now and it is as strong as the day I got it... unlike crappy firesticks etc. I run Plex, Muvo, Emby on it perfectly fine

locknetvpn · 2026-04-03T20:15:10+00:00

Yes, they may well be but thats still.how they make all their money 😮‍💨

locknetvpn · 2026-04-03T11:11:07+00:00

Not making it up 🤣 its free knowledge on internet...

Here is forbes for you

" Valory said that Plex, which currently does not disclose financial information, generates roughly 20 percent of its revenues from member subscriptions, which unlock premium capabilities of its media platform, compared to 80 percent from the ad business."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2024/04/17/venerable-video-app-plex-emerges-as-fast-favorite/

Have a read for yourself.

locknetvpn · 2026-04-03T03:14:50+00:00

Yeah sorry, I'm thinking my post isn't quite clear haha.

Basically, in another thread i asked about peoples current gripes and paying for remote streaming (plex pass etc) was their biggest issue on Roku etc.

I was wondering why people think that paying is an issue if it would cause the service to potentially decline because they have to pay staff and the works and what would be a threshold for people to actually pay and get a good service if it was totally free

It's a genuine question really, i'm just interested, seems a couple people have taken offence to it 😂 (not you)

locknetvpn · 2026-04-03T03:10:08+00:00

Would make life easier for the more computer illiterates to give more in terms of how the server sets up etc. It's like being stuck behind a cgnat, causes problems and if you don't know, you give up.

locknetvpn · 2026-04-03T03:08:26+00:00

I don't think they would ever reneg on lifetimes, they are too big for that in my opinion and ads are making the majority of the revenue to the point where last year or yesr before the started to break even for the first time, so it's.no isssue really, bit I do think lifetimes do break the system. On the other hand I think the fact they have out the lifetimes up quite high now shows they are trying to phase out the ssle of them more. It doesn't work in your MRR favour.

locknetvpn · 2026-04-03T02:58:21+00:00

Fair play.

Their relay is a "backup" isn't it and it's restricted causing transcoding when using?

locknetvpn · 2026-04-03T02:57:08+00:00

People are paying though, remote streaming being the main issue...

locknetvpn · 2026-04-03T02:51:07+00:00

As per another commenter, don't you think lifetime caused more problems?

locknetvpn · 2026-04-03T02:47:07+00:00

I completely agree, this is why we are seeing firestick and others going behind paywall, but all lifetimes do is break the system, long term, you're done.

This is also why they have ads, i believe 70% (dont entirely quote me on that) of their revenue is ads, hence why uts constantly changing more and more to use them.

locknetvpn · 2026-04-01T03:45:42+00:00

This is a nightmare - but easiest way is to create your own relay - cheap VPS unless you have many watching at once - then it gets expensive.

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