God damn - I had this idea myself! Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ.

I was thinking of an additional step of having it transcode overnight to a more mobile phone friendly resolution, like let’s say 480p, as well as introducing a time to live (TTL) so that I don’t end up with an ever expanding YouTube library that never gets watched.

Actually I seem to recall there was a YouTube something (Youtube custodian? Something like that) that did all this for you directly. But I think I would like to try doing it as a cron job because it could run on low end hardware like a Raspberry Pi.

There use to be one called PDFDRIVE. I mean, there still is, but there use to be too :)

It’s a more convenient method for some to pirate content, as it requires comparatively little set up. Think: Netflix but yaaar. You pay upkeep but they ensure content is there (as best as possible).

Other similar options include things like Flixify and FMovies.

It always surprised me folks into self hosting prefer pirate streaming. That’s still someone else computer - I’d rather D/L it myself when possible. I get it though - some of the services are very good and near Netflix level convenient.