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Why so many *arr services? Why not 1 service that works with all media types? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by YorddleZiggs@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I am almost done building my first self hosted streambox through Docker. That's a total of 16 instances, each fulfilling 1 specific role.

As I'm new to the *arr world, could you please help me understand why it is standard to deploy multiple *arr services for each media type (ex: readarr1 for books + readarr2 for audiobooks) instead of using 1 that does multiple media types?

Thank you.

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[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

iTunes is a double edged sword in that regard, given that while it initially innovated as a digital music distribution storefront, as more and more features were added to it, it started juggling too many tasks at once instead of continuing to innovate with just one.