I grew up in middle-of-nowhere woods, didn't get online until 99, at single kb/s speeds. Ever since 2003 I've had a several mb/s connection, and I've gathered data ever since.

Movies, music, anime, games, art, books, education material, STLs, and endless porn. I've gotten into archiving entire youtube channels, seeing how many have gone offline or have been cut and censored over time.

In general I'd say its a toss up between the cost savings of piracy and the high-ideal goal of archival record keeping like Trazen the Infinite.

2x 12tb drives, with two separate off site backups.