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An alternative is to use a cloud based player, and stream music from a cloud storage service. Disclaimer: I run this service: https://asti.ga/ I've written up some alternatives at https://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2021/0... I'd love to know any feedback you have.
I have close to 3 tb of music, storing it all offsite is prohibitively expensive at the hundreds of dollars per month level, so that service is not good for me.
Depends what you mean by prohibitively... you can store that for $5/month...