You’d want to also consider, that desktop components were not created for 24/7 usage. My previous motherboard died by overheating south bridge – it likely wouldn’t happen in a desktop usage, but 24/7 didn’t let it cool ever. The chip has a small ‘volcano’ in the middle now.
There are non-scam, usually private services that provide pirated content for a small fee in exchange for a much more convenient way of getting content.
Like, a service that gets you real 4K, HDR10, DoVi, whatever with all the different languages and also all in your one favourite TV app of choice. No region lock, no ads, too.
As all that streaming should have been from the beginning.
I see why they ask money and have no problem with paying for such service. They do have to pay for storage and bandwidth somehow.