[piqufoh]

> But what are the real trade-offs of edge vs. cloud?

Maintenance - having to fix a networking issue when the kids want to watch their cartoons and you're halfway making dinner. Or when you're away for the weekend and your partner can't connect to the photo server.

When you pay for an online service you're also paying for someone to fix things for you.

[thunderstruck]

True, when it breaks. It's annoying. Netflix has its own issues as well.

My small setup with 1gbps internet tunneled via cloudflare is super handy to be honest. Jellyfin, Frigate works with over 2 months of uptime without issue so far.