

Eh, a Windows box with Jellyfin installed. Whoever is the maintainer needs to be somewhat tech literate. IP addresses, folder navigation, torrenting, and vpn I think would cover a bare minimum setup.
But when users are on the same network, Jellyfin is not difficult to use from an end-user perspective. My kids can navigate Jellyfin on our Roku TV. My tech illiterate wife can navigate it on her phone.
For the maintainer, I speculate it’s a tradeoff of time and money. I save $70 a month, don’t have to navigate multiple BS streaming providers, and get to feel like I’m putting it to the man.



communism is nice on paper, not in real life, because people suck. China is not truly communist.