Ulrich

Yeah they have apps on all the platforms.

Did you notice that they’re using a local connection? Still requires VPN/reverse proxy to get it outside the home.

telling your friends and loved ones to switch email providers over your crusade

1. It has nothing to do with email

2. It’s not a personal crusade. Everyone should be trying to get people away from Google. They are an absolutely fucked corporation who makes a fortune spying on you and everyone you know.

and all of the results were talking about setting up a VPN or a reverse proxy or whatever. Man, I just want to tell my mom “install this app on your tv and log in”,

This is why I use Yunohost. It makes all of that just a “click buttons” affair. Then you can tell your Mom the same thing. Only the domain is yours so Jellyfin can’t hold it over your head.

I feel like I know the answer but what happens if you click “I do not agree”?

It’s not advisable to expose Jellyfin to the internet.

Wrong.

Telling people they don’t need VPN means you are encouraging them to expose it to the internet.

Wrong again.

I’m not telling anyone what to do, I’m just saying the VPN is not necessary.

No such scheme required

I’d consider Jellyfin if the end user access was more plug and play.

It’s about as plug and play as any other website. They just open the app, type in the URL, and log in with their credentials and…that’s it.

Fair enough, mate. Good luck.

especially w/ fast NVMe drives as swap

These won’t be fast, as detailed in the OP:

Since Intel’s Alder Lake-N processors only have 9 PCIe lanes which have to be shared between the SSDs and other hardware, the M.2 slots include five PCIe 3.0 single-lane connections, and one PCIe 3.0 x2 connection

I mean, that’s fine if that works for you, but consider more than just your current situation. If you ever wanted to upgrade it or it ever failed sometime in the future, you’d be boned. Personally I have had RAM fail and it cost me about $8 and 10 minutes to repair, rather than several hundred dollars replacing the entire machine.

Again, not necessarily.

Yes, for purposes of noise, size, speed and power efficiency

Depends on your usecase. This could very well be more than just a NAS.

That may be true but I don’t really care either way.

Bout Tree fiddy?

The ME mini features 12GB of LPDDR5-4800 memory, which means the RAM will be soldered to the mainboard and not user upgradeable.

Aaaaand I’m out.