I didn’t check for internet connectivity and I’m always onine. I just don’t care that it phones home whenever I start the device.

What’s the best alternative? I’d move if there was one

I use an amazon fire tv 4k, I only use it to start jellyfin. It’s perfect.

If you don’t want it to phone home, put it behind a firewall, and block all but your domains

It’s not only price. I don’t agree that spotify has the right to a monopoly in music sales. Neither shall youtube have it for videos or adobe for image editing.

There is a market imbalance and the only protest that’s left for me is to pirate content.