Now I've been running a 'seedbox' for a few years now. I constantly tweak and adjust it

- Large dedicated server purchased at a cheap large seller
- Rancher/RancherOS for docker management
- Docker for isolation
- (Docker) Plex for media management and dissemination of media to my home
- (Docker) PlexRequests to search for media -> Auto add to couch/sickrage
- (Docker) Plexpy to keep an eye on what's watched, what is not
- (Docker) Sickrage to keep ontop of my watched series
- (Docker) Couch to watch for good movies to see
- (Docker) Deluge to download the above (Might bin and use ruTorrent only)
- (Docker) ruTorrent for rolling seeds (Seed new items then remove once I'm at 2.0)
- (Docker) Syncthing to sync items to my home (where direct torrenting to any private/public trackers is unwanted)
- (Docker) Jackett so I don't hammer any private trackers
- (KVM) to run a secondary firewall/openvpn in-front of all of this

Now that to me is probably a seedbox-come-automated-single-click-watch-something-almost-immediately-box (mouthful).

I have never used a seedbox from a company that supplies just 'seedboxes'. Am I missing anything? Is there a reason people use these? Lack of knowledge of Linux? Lazy? No maintenance?

Why do you use a seedbox vs something like the above? Or do you do both? The prices ALMOST reflect the cost of a dedicated server, if not more.

Ultimately, is there something I'm 'missing' ? Are there newer better ways to do the above?