For the past several months I have been wrestling with the existential question; if I have 57 channels and nothing is on, why? Having been a Cable Cutter for some time then adopting the Cloud Cutter mantle it only seems natural that I would chase the vaunted Streams Cutter rank as well. Why? Streaming Services are dependent on revenue streams in order to exist. For the moment the focus will be on subscription streaming services (SSS). I will address the issue(s) of ad based streaming services next. Subscription services rely on no-labor re-runs to sustain themselves. They throw in just a touch of new content to maintain a FOMO cycle for their viewers. That FOMO cycle can be broken easily by continuing to subscribe to the streaming service that generates the FOMO cycle to begin with. The walled garden of fear is self-sustaining. This FOMO cycle is a technique used by many silo-ing systems, whether they are social media, music services, up to and including gaming services. Ad based streaming services, in my opinion, fail on three levels. The first is "If you are not paying for a product then you are the product." Second, beyond the interruptions, are the ad duration verses content. My time enduring the commercials is not worth the paltry offering. The third issue, IMO, is the detrimental effect that Ads and associated services have; ads are emotional and social manipulation. This last element is particularly insidious, using known psychological and behavioral techniques to envoke feelings, needs, wants and desires that previously were not there. Effectively bending people to the will and intent of the Advertizer. Often this is happening without the knowledge or consent of the viewer. "I never knew I absolutely had to have the latest and greatest until I saw that 'informative' and relatable commerical on ." Enter JellyFin. My instance is locally hosted featuring the content the *I* get to choose. (Caveate: The owner (me) is responsible for sourcing content appropriately.) JF is an open source project that bring new meaning to Plug-n-Play. Once installed and pointed at directories that hold content JF produces a very comfortable, familiar UI for access. When I added the JF "channel" to my Roku it found my JF server automatically. Of course, like any user-profile based program, there is a bit of Administrivia, but that is exactly what it is, easy trivia (self-explanitory). My SO, B, just treats JF like another Roku stream - until she *doesn't* get billed for the service. Stream Cutter, oh yeah.