I’d have to agree with this, there was a time where Plex was amazing. after like the 3rd time I was forced stop it from hiding my library and them pushing services in my face I made the switch to Jellyfin. It’s been long enough now that I don’t recall the features I miss, and overall Jellyfin is fine, and seems to get better pretty consistently.

I have done 3 and 4, and I definitely prefer the air gradient, it is a nice sleek little box that is flashable with esphome making it tie directly into HASS. Will be getting more of them in the near future.