You could say this about a lot of automation tools. A properly-functioning *arr stack is nothing more than an automation tool. Punch a movie/tv show into Overseerr, the *arrs work in the background with your downloader client (torrent or Usenet), and some time later - depending on your internet bandwidth - it appears in Plex/Jellyfin.
The convenience of the end result is worth the work.
I kinda agree. IIRC, they were originally built for downloading from newsgroups, which does need a lot of automation. Personally, I do find Sonarr useful, so I don’t have to manually keep track of when new episodes come out. Before Sonarr, I used to use a tool that was configured with YAML or something, forgot what it was. I do run an *arr stack now because I have a multi-member household, and they don’t want to go searching for stuff on trackers, so they just use Overseerr.
It doesn’t fit your use case then. I check missing TV episodes once a week and i never interact with it outside of that. Once you get then set up it’s way more about organization than anything else.
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You could say this about a lot of automation tools. A properly-functioning *arr stack is nothing more than an automation tool. Punch a movie/tv show into Overseerr, the *arrs work in the background with your downloader client (torrent or Usenet), and some time later - depending on your internet bandwidth - it appears in Plex/Jellyfin.
The convenience of the end result is worth the work.
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You should check out Netflix :p
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Maybe not useful to you, and that’s ok.
That said - just because you don’t find them useful, doesn’t mean you have to be a stick in the mud about it.
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I kinda agree. IIRC, they were originally built for downloading from newsgroups, which does need a lot of automation. Personally, I do find Sonarr useful, so I don’t have to manually keep track of when new episodes come out. Before Sonarr, I used to use a tool that was configured with YAML or something, forgot what it was. I do run an *arr stack now because I have a multi-member household, and they don’t want to go searching for stuff on trackers, so they just use Overseerr.
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It doesn’t fit your use case then. I check missing TV episodes once a week and i never interact with it outside of that. Once you get then set up it’s way more about organization than anything else.
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