Yep. I have a more modest setup but the amount of media I've ripped from owned CDs/DVDs and the number of raw photos far outweighs the handful of pirated movie

Yep. I have a more modest setup but the amount of media I've ripped from owned CDs/DVDs and the number of raw photos far outweighs the handful of pirated movies I've picked up over the years. Mainly I use my NAS as a bit of protection against losing those files that would be difficult or impossible to recover if my local storage in the workstation failed. Online backup is good too but for quicker or more frequent access, a NAS fills the gap nicely. The other big storage hog is security cam video. There are occasional reports of burglaries in my neighborhood and sometimes I just like to know if a package was ever dropped off or someone bumped the car while parallel parking. So I picked up a couple of inexpensive IP cameras and rather than shelling out monthly for some unreliable and potentially insecure "cloud" storage plan, I use Synology's Surveillance Station IP cam software to manage recording, playback, and storage of camera footage. The amount of space on the NAS means I can easily keep a week or more worth of recordings from both cameras and with the actual NAS being stashed away out of easy view, it's unlikely to be stolen in the event of a burglary. Granted I could include those files in online storage but currently I don't have it set up that way. Either way, the point is that many modern homes have plenty of sources of large files outside of pirated movies that can make a NAS useful.