The hard part of replacing YouTube Premium at home
A home lab setup has already replaced several media and brought recurring costs close to zero. Movies and shows are handled with Jellyfin and an arr stack.
Books and audiobooks are handled with Calibre and arr tools, and adult content is managed with Stash plus a custom system. The remaining problem is YouTube Premium.
YouTube and YouTube Music are used every day for watching videos and listening to music without ads. Music discovery is the difficult part, because YouTube Music’s recommendations help surface small and niche artists that would be hard to find from a personal music library alone.
Key points
- A home lab has already replaced several paid media services.
- Movies and shows are covered by Jellyfin and an arr stack.
- Books, audiobooks, and other media are also handled through s.
- YouTube Premium is the last major left.
- The hardest feature to replace is YouTube Music’s recommendations for discovering niche artists.