OT - Ubiquiti Wireless Router + Wireguard = easy sharing of 'unlimited' YouTube TV Streams

Yeah, I didn't realize that the Ubiquiti serves as the VPN server itself with EdgeOS.  That's pretty cool; I feel like I tried to install EdgeOS some years ago on an old router I had (probably a TP-Link) when we were in an apartment and it was a bear.  If they made it easy that's great.

The client cost is, as you noted, not a ton.  You'd probably want something a bit more robust anyway for 4k.  But the internet costs do matter, both for the consumers as well as the provider here.  If you're just streaming internally on a single network that's a moot point but if you are going to try to stream 4k to multiple external devices (plus leave some headroom for your own internal devices that may be uploading/downloading) you'll probably want to spring for a higher-bandwidth service, which will run the streamer/source closer to $100/mo. at least in my area (we have Fios Gigabit w/ about 120 Mbps upload).  Users/viewers less so that's a better deal though let's say $80-90 total with internet and attendant costs.  

I guess my bigger issue remains that this is still a decent amount of work for people and you're, again, somewhat at the whims of your provider.  If their router goes down, or they lose power, or their kids are trying to stream playing Fortnight and trying to FaceTime with a grandparent, that's all traffic you have to fight with over a (relatively) narrow band.  There are problems with ISPs as well with traffic but their fire hose is much larger and they have better redundancies. 

And, yeah this might not mean a ton, but it sucks to me when I hear people are trying to "game" streaming services by sharing the cost when they probably could afford it.  I am not remotely a fan of Comcast, Verizon, Spectrum, whatever but the people who make the content I like get a little screwed when one 5 distinct people are able to consume their product under the guise of a single price.  The cable model was and remains broken and gouges people but I liked series like Blockbuster and 1899 on Netflix, Cowboy Bebop had its moments, etc. but they got one season and were gone and I have to wonder if part of that is due to diminished money to Netlfix.  And how Youtube TV went from being around $40 a couple years ago to the $65+ price it is now; Google isn't getting enough coming in so they raise the price to meet their numbers.  Could Google keep the price lower if they wanted?  Sure, but people should still be willing to pay with their dollars for the content they like.  

Anyway, that's a bit of a screed.  It is cool that people can set up a remote access system like this for their home content; I'd like to do so for when I travel so I could stream my services at home because the Fios Stream app is hot garbage.