It’s like they don’t understand their demographic.

They’re all the weak man’s idea of a strong man

I’m afraid there is no quick way to get an honest recommendation. I usually resort to YouTube and spend 2-3 days watching some related content. It sorta filters itself out, there will be a creator or few that you vibe with, and you trust their choice.

Happened to me with audio gear (I trusted crinacle, for example.)

Who can forget CBAT

Skyrim. Meme mods aside, the vibe and soundtrack are just…chef’s kiss

Had you installed the native programs or everything on docker?

Schitt’s Creek

Severe inconsistent quality issues in both software and hardware, treating their customers as beta testers, random motherboards dying, etc.

They are still riding the ‘flagship killer’ wave, but they are just as overpriced as Samsung, while offering unfinished products.

Wouldn’t recommend Oneplus anymore.

At the high end, Samsung has been pretty solid with their S lineup. The FE models are a good compromise as well. Pixels are a hit or miss, I’d recommend waiting for issues to surface before deciding on the 8/8 pro.

On the more budget - midrange side of things, Motorola has been doing a fairly solid job. They do have a lot of models, so some youtube videos should give you a fair idea on what’s right for you.

Can you elaborate about Element/Matrix?

Would suggest jellyfin over Plex due to the latter’s increasing corporate greed.

• Radar - for movies
• Sonarr - for series
• Prowlarr - for indexing

Optional:

• Jellyseer - a nice frontend for the above
• Bazarr - subtitles

This is a super simplified list, but the wikis are easy enough to get started with.

Edit: cjf has listed some useful links for the same

Then this isn’t a Sync feature request, it should be a Lemmy feature request