My last build and current have been a Thinkstation and a z series workstation, both used from ex-gov auctions, were decently priced, will run everything you wanna throw at them.
They do come at the cost of increased power draw, but since I’ve put in solar I’m not worried about that.
Yes buying second hand stops you giving your money to Google, however it still supports ppl buying them in the first place. And that supports Google.
I wish there was more options in the Graphene space as it’s something I’d love to tinker with too. But also don’t wanna buy from Google.
Hence why I go back to hoping projects like pinephone take off (albeit I’m realistic of the chances of that happening)
Same brought mine almost 8 years ago, and have never had to pay them a cent more.
Overall not a bad investment.
And plex just looks nicer and offers a better experience.
If it changes I’ll consider migrating but for the moment Plex had done right by thier lifetime pass members