Not everyone on Android just accepts this. I use a Pixel precisely for this reason. It might install some system apps, etc., but it will never install some bullshit games like this.
Also...I'm wondering about that guide you linked for setting up Chromecast, because the Android app has a chromecast button on it. That guide says "Chromecast requires that HTTP traffic be encrypted into HTTPS with a valid certificate." but I can cast media directly from my phone with an app called Local Cast and I can cast directly from my laptop with VLC. Are those using HTTPS with a cert? I will test this out once I get it up and running.
I was able to get remote viewing working with Tailscale so that kind of bypasses the need for a static IP address. It just requires turning it on the server and client device to work. Unfortunately I have a stupid ass Vizio TV with the worst bullshit smart OS ever so I probably will have to get a Roku device if I can't get casting to work.
Yeah I've been doing the same way for so long and honestly I don't have any problems other than the couple of times I forgot to enable the VPN and got a slap on the wrist from my ISP. The shows I like to watch are spread out across so many services that it would cost me a fortune to subscribe to them all, so I do use eztv a lot and before that RARBG (RIP).
Because misery loves company. People like to feel like they belong to something and if they already harbor some type of hate towards a minority demographic it's very easy for them to sympathize and congregate with like minded groups. Ever seen American History X?
I was not suggesting that we abandon people with mental illness. I'm saying it's probably not a good idea to give a public platform to nazis and white supremacy. Sure they can set up their own Lemmy instance and talk about their irrational nazi bullshit to each other but the rest of us should immediately defederate and block them.
The thing about having them in plain site, is that it makes it easier for people with mental illnesses to find them, be brainwashed and join them. I just wondering if driving them back under a rock and out of public eye makes it harder for their numbers and ideals to grown and thrive.
I seriously need to learn all of this stuff. For years I've just been doing the same thing. Turn on my VPN, find the movie or show I want on whatever torrent site, download it with qBittorent and then hook my laptop up to my receiver and play it with VLC.
Didn't Windows put a Weezer video on there or am I remembering something wrong?