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Proprietary doesn't necessarily have to be bad, obviously this will vary from person to person and who you ask. Personally Ive listened to enough podcasts with Unraid folks in them and read articles etc to be able base my trust in them and what they do.
Except you kinda get crucified for not using (F)OSS on lemmy^(exceptions apply)
Exceptions I encountered:
Since you mentioned Plex, HAVE YOU HEARD OF JELLYFIN?
/s
Yep.
And they released today the new version 10.11.0 with massive improvements (according to the changelog/blog) to the server.
Make sure to try it ;)
Still got those gaping security holes that mean you should never expose it to the internet?